A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Noble, Brian

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 726
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 338
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.148
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, te, en, for, he, s, it, his, we,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2022-01-25) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (261 words)


Facebook (2021-02-18) in Doric (Fraserburgh) dialect (MNA), categorised as social (465 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
te21 28,925.62241.288
en19 26,170.80127.650
fergie10 13,774.10119.227
harry9 12,396.6971.519
croft3 4,132.2333.043
sharn3 4,132.2330.138
abody4 5,509.6430.030
partridge2 2,754.8225.260
an2 2,754.8224.683
for17 23,415.9822.724
grey4 5,509.6422.617
pudding2 2,754.8222.352
iye2 2,754.8220.089
plooin2 2,754.8219.553
rare3 4,132.2319.032
so7 9,641.8718.464
wid7 9,641.8718.164
neuk3 4,132.2318.067
getting3 4,132.2317.176
dee4 5,509.6416.457
east3 4,132.2316.188
stanley2 2,754.8215.341
tractor2 2,754.8215.172
happy3 4,132.2315.164
fan4 5,509.6415.140
big5 6,887.0515.072
fairm2 2,754.8214.157
haggis2 2,754.8214.032
here's2 2,754.8213.053
affa4 5,509.6412.892
aul2 2,754.8212.865
fairly2 2,754.8211.969
mony4 5,509.6411.753
hairt2 2,754.8211.066
davie2 2,754.8210.953
we10 13,774.1010.689
lang5 6,887.0510.653
found2 2,754.8210.632
realised2 2,754.829.933
s14 19,283.759.650
mare2 2,754.829.529
o5 6,887.059.121
time6 8,264.469.067
ca2 2,754.829.063
they9 12,396.698.618
he15 20,661.168.590
full2 2,754.828.278
hid5 6,887.058.166
burns2 2,754.827.867
a35 48,209.377.758
work2 2,754.827.287
night2 2,754.827.266
aileen3 4,132.23nan
too2 2,754.827.412
one2 2,754.827.145
roon3 4,132.236.934
sure2 2,754.826.307
were4 5,509.646.216
his10 13,774.105.907
made3 4,132.235.630
great2 2,754.825.464
new3 4,132.235.299
nicht3 4,132.235.122
niver2 2,754.824.905
but7 9,641.874.396
got3 4,132.234.371
folk2 2,754.824.339
years2 2,754.824.339
see4 5,509.644.233
things2 2,754.823.733
left2 2,754.823.399
same2 2,754.823.283
afore3 4,132.233.227
that3 4,132.233.124
it14 19,283.752.981
the32 44,077.132.923
wee4 5,509.642.821
didna2 2,754.822.818
ower4 5,509.642.457
kent2 2,754.822.441
still2 2,754.822.362
jist3 4,132.232.291
mak2 2,754.822.164
and2 2,754.822.136
hame2 2,754.822.092
could2 2,754.822.038
my2 2,754.821.920
there4 5,509.641.849
is2 2,754.821.744
as2 2,754.821.714
scotland2 2,754.821.362
fit2 2,754.821.362
here2 2,754.821.267
ye2 2,754.821.115
awa2 2,754.821.045
ken2 2,754.820.942
wis10 13,774.100.848
on3 4,132.230.559
by2 2,754.820.549
in9 12,396.690.519
him3 4,132.230.505
oot2 2,754.820.414
nae3 4,132.230.367
been2 2,754.820.292
aboot3 4,132.230.287
day2 2,754.820.226
be3 4,132.230.127
worket2 2,754.82nan
back2 2,754.820.157
hae2 2,754.820.050