A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Martin, Keiron

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 612
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 267
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.292
Tagged as MNB (Mid Northern B) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, and, the, tae, wis, ma, i, o, she, hid,

List of texts in corpus

Ma Worst Nicht Oot
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Forres) dialect (MNB), categorised as prose (612 words)

Author word Keyness frequencies

This should list the words that the author uses in a disproportionate manner more often than other writers in the corpus. This may include (a) proper nouns (character names in the author's stories), (b) other words related to the specific subject matter and (c) words specific to the regional dialect.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
ma21 34,313.7352.241
and25 40,849.6750.077
family5 8,169.9336.755
wis24 39,215.6930.218
plate4 6,535.9529.926
di3 4,901.9627.846
aul-man2 3,267.9726.002
fit8 13,071.9025.716
dein2 3,267.9723.093
fan5 8,169.9322.810
blether3 4,901.9622.740
hid8 13,071.9022.086
abidy2 3,267.9720.830
creepy2 3,267.9719.399
something4 6,535.9519.237
stared2 3,267.9719.018
pinted2 3,267.9719.018
a38 62,091.5017.552
horror2 3,267.9716.254
an3 4,901.9615.844
neeps2 3,267.9714.299
fair4 6,535.9514.109
ages2 3,267.9713.330
needed2 3,267.9713.162
meal2 3,267.9713.162
food2 3,267.9712.847
i12 19,607.8412.372
telt4 6,535.9511.619
pit4 6,535.959.146
started2 3,267.978.572
makin2 3,267.978.290
so4 6,535.957.905
wid4 6,535.957.774
rest2 3,267.977.518
she9 14,705.887.448
free2 3,267.977.392
tae24 39,215.697.381
sure2 3,267.976.946
foo2 3,267.976.839
aroon2 3,267.976.795
sat2 3,267.976.721
wrang2 3,267.976.707
jist4 6,535.955.633
came2 3,267.975.626
me6 9,803.925.426
hiv2 3,267.974.992
there5 8,169.934.740
bairns2 3,267.974.197
went2 3,267.974.119
were3 4,901.964.092
they6 9,803.923.884
to3 4,901.963.869
thing2 3,267.973.703
ken3 4,901.963.684
get3 4,901.963.602
the25 40,849.673.595
fir2 3,267.973.501
oot6 9,803.923.342
kent2 3,267.972.991
mak2 3,267.972.665
in5 8,169.932.664
first2 3,267.972.288
got2 3,267.972.163
then2 3,267.971.831
awa2 3,267.971.459
auld2 3,267.971.254
he3 4,901.961.242
o9 14,705.881.195
on6 9,803.921.101
aye2 3,267.971.008
fowk2 3,267.970.944
see2 3,267.970.820
them2 3,267.970.815
his2 3,267.970.772
their2 3,267.970.698
aboot3 4,901.960.633
wi6 9,803.920.406
wee2 3,267.970.344
doon2 3,267.970.301
at5 8,169.930.271
ower2 3,267.970.259
her4 6,535.950.222
it6 9,803.920.210
up3 4,901.960.162
bit2 3,267.970.108
we2 3,267.970.096
him2 3,267.970.081
be3 4,901.960.002
mosset2 3,267.97nan
that7 11,437.910.145
or2 3,267.970.000