A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Harper, Edith

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 417
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 243
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.716
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, o, ma, mind, wis, tae, bit, ah,

List of texts in corpus

Legacy
northwordsnow.co.uk (2021-04-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (99 words)

Soon Awa
northwordsnow.co.uk (2021-04-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (132 words)

The Wye Athin Chynges
northwordsnow.co.uk (2020-10-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (186 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
lan3 7,194.2424.691
hedder2 4,796.1624.581
mind6 14,388.4924.452
hert4 9,592.3321.356
needle2 4,796.1619.263
threid2 4,796.1618.115
ma10 23,980.8217.777
yowes2 4,796.1617.735
dowie2 4,796.1615.070
fan3 7,194.2413.107
greetin2 4,796.1611.026
braid2 4,796.1610.994
oer2 4,796.1610.157
awa4 9,592.339.730
hauns2 4,796.169.085
sea2 4,796.168.896
aye4 9,592.338.523
ahint2 4,796.168.301
bit5 11,990.417.597
an20 47,961.636.868
alang2 4,796.165.843
oan3 7,194.244.972
thon2 4,796.164.193
cam2 4,796.163.900
hame2 4,796.163.808
the34 81,534.773.699
lang2 4,796.163.087
o14 33,573.142.961
like3 7,194.242.223
hid2 4,796.162.165
fae3 7,194.242.030
ah5 11,990.411.951
time2 4,796.161.440
that2 4,796.161.355
in4 9,592.331.127
tae6 14,388.491.102
it3 7,194.240.894
oot3 7,194.240.731
as4 9,592.330.717
wis6 14,388.490.665
a15 35,971.220.611
s2 4,796.160.489
nae2 4,796.160.465
wi2 4,796.160.453
her3 7,194.240.312
she3 7,194.240.296
me2 4,796.160.255
is2 4,796.160.138
this2 4,796.160.097
up2 4,796.160.095
they2 4,796.160.087
but2 4,796.160.077
at3 7,194.240.039