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 7,194.2424.679
hedder2 4,796.1624.572
mind6 14,388.4924.488
hert4 9,592.3321.399
needle2 4,796.1619.530
ma10 23,980.8218.554
threid2 4,796.1618.107
yowes2 4,796.1617.727
dowie2 4,796.1615.155
fan3 7,194.2412.870
greetin2 4,796.1611.018
braid2 4,796.1610.953
oer2 4,796.1610.149
awa4 9,592.339.592
hauns2 4,796.169.317
sea2 4,796.168.779
aye4 9,592.338.286
ahint2 4,796.168.278
bit5 11,990.417.578
an20 47,961.636.664
alang2 4,796.165.813
oan3 7,194.245.154
thon2 4,796.164.066
cam2 4,796.163.901
hame2 4,796.163.816
the34 81,534.773.662
lang2 4,796.163.062
o14 33,573.142.918
ah5 11,990.412.391
like3 7,194.242.264
hid2 4,796.162.159
fae3 7,194.242.075
time2 4,796.161.458
that2 4,796.161.352
in4 9,592.331.133
tae6 14,388.491.123
it3 7,194.240.864
oot3 7,194.240.735
as4 9,592.330.698
wis6 14,388.490.656
a15 35,971.220.626
wi2 4,796.160.470
nae2 4,796.160.460
s2 4,796.160.443
she3 7,194.240.314
me2 4,796.160.300
her3 7,194.240.295
is2 4,796.160.139
this2 4,796.160.098
up2 4,796.160.091
they2 4,796.160.085
but2 4,796.160.083
at3 7,194.240.035