A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Chapman, Henry

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 283
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.726
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, wis, n, tae, we, ma, fin, he, and,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (2018-09-22) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (131 words)


Facebook (2018-10-23) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (152 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
n7 24,734.9845.674
ging4 14,134.2832.618
fin6 21,201.4129.778
ats2 7,067.1423.861
stracht2 7,067.1420.806
peats2 7,067.1418.039
we7 24,734.9813.959
wye3 10,600.7113.301
some4 14,134.2811.401
loon2 7,067.1411.340
ma6 21,201.419.909
took2 7,067.148.799
niver2 7,067.148.385
wid3 10,600.718.287
dinnae2 7,067.148.052
gang2 7,067.147.993
faither2 7,067.147.849
set2 7,067.147.114
by3 10,600.716.430
an2 7,067.145.451
lang2 7,067.144.345
wis7 24,734.984.267
ll2 7,067.144.056
there3 10,600.713.986
he6 21,201.413.617
and5 17,667.843.579
auld2 7,067.143.451
o2 7,067.143.442
jist2 7,067.143.081
fowk2 7,067.143.052
s5 17,667.842.914
d2 7,067.142.709
his4 14,134.282.484
i4 14,134.282.371
doon2 7,067.141.977
in2 7,067.141.681
bit2 7,067.141.504
nae2 7,067.141.249
ye3 10,600.711.142
they2 7,067.140.600
but2 7,067.140.595
oot2 7,067.140.461
the18 63,604.240.139
tae7 24,734.980.138
ah2 7,067.140.115
a8 28,268.550.009