A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The Flying Pigs

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,765
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 696
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.536
Tagged as ABN (Aberdeen) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, i, tae, in, o, and, s, it, but,

List of texts in corpus

There’s nae reassurance over national insurance
Press and Journal (2022-04-09) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (356 words)

Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing
Press and Journal (2022-05-14) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (580 words)

The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep
Press and Journal (2018-11-12) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (426 words)

Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition
Press and Journal (2018-09-18) in Doric dialect (ABN), categorised as newspaper (403 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
i52 29,461.7684.752
fan15 8,498.5870.874
my18 10,198.3056.420
an6 3,399.4354.310
fit17 9,631.7345.976
voting3 1,699.7231.573
fa8 4,532.5830.629
hiv9 5,099.1530.020
insurance3 1,699.7228.749
mail4 2,266.2928.490
rising3 1,699.7226.860
nae20 11,331.4425.557
gan5 2,832.8622.331
cash3 1,699.7221.776
merried2 1,133.1421.714
arriving2 1,133.1421.714
venue2 1,133.1421.714
wik3 1,699.7221.133
pay3 1,699.7220.025
cleaning2 1,133.1419.991
but21 11,898.0218.662
being4 2,266.2918.202
because5 2,832.8617.588
so10 5,665.7217.286
wedding2 1,133.1417.171
viable2 1,133.1417.171
remote2 1,133.1416.553
drones2 1,133.1416.553
and28 15,864.0216.194
naeb2 1,133.1416.019
of11 6,232.2915.938
village3 1,699.7215.187
onywye3 1,699.7214.973
dy3 1,699.7214.569
running2 1,133.1414.405
met4 2,266.2914.373
earn2 1,133.1414.087
prices2 1,133.1413.794
costs2 1,133.1413.794
dinna6 3,399.4313.760
funny3 1,699.7213.671
caul2 1,133.1413.026
seeing2 1,133.1413.026
naebdy2 1,133.1413.026
folks2 1,133.1412.801
youse2 1,133.1412.587
romantic2 1,133.1412.386
thinking2 1,133.1412.194
telling2 1,133.1412.011
getting3 1,699.7211.972
energy2 1,133.1411.509
politicians2 1,133.1411.356
get9 5,099.1511.102
s27 15,297.4510.866
understand2 1,133.1410.669
obviously2 1,133.1410.309
aboot14 7,932.0110.089
thoosand2 1,133.149.878
court2 1,133.149.878
credit2 1,133.149.777
his2 1,133.149.687
cos3 1,699.729.236
instead2 1,133.148.898
canna4 2,266.298.808
control2 1,133.148.745
tried3 1,699.727.703
national3 1,699.727.625
the77 43,626.067.494
sonya4 2,266.29nan
plan2 1,133.147.384
very3 1,699.727.350
date2 1,133.147.184
surprise2 1,133.147.042
into2 1,133.146.995
september2 1,133.146.950
if8 4,532.586.832
affa4 2,266.296.738
m7 3,966.016.484
ging2 1,133.146.483
lot3 1,699.726.408
een5 2,832.866.287
mind5 2,832.866.129
ma2 1,133.146.119
far4 2,266.295.996
am3 1,699.725.994
ony5 2,832.865.938
he7 3,966.015.724
gets2 1,133.145.708
pal2 1,133.145.677
onythin2 1,133.145.646
withoot2 1,133.145.616
we14 7,932.015.490
wiz5 2,832.865.343
form2 1,133.145.324
ll6 3,399.435.207
masel3 1,699.725.197
course2 1,133.145.161
on19 10,764.875.077
cooncil2 1,133.145.006
is19 10,764.874.995
there10 5,665.724.874
means2 1,133.144.835
kens2 1,133.144.605
disnae2 1,133.144.561
big4 2,266.294.511
got5 2,832.864.483
hale3 1,699.724.460
re4 2,266.294.397
ken6 3,399.434.391
in39 22,096.324.347
are6 3,399.434.277
fact2 1,133.144.252
folk3 1,699.724.122
seen4 2,266.294.105
local2 1,133.144.080
used2 1,133.143.919
their7 3,966.013.899
couple2 1,133.143.867
kind2 1,133.143.766
wye3 1,699.723.685
nivver2 1,133.143.559
about2 1,133.143.514
find2 1,133.143.499
yon3 1,699.723.441
something2 1,133.143.297
run2 1,133.143.297
only3 1,699.723.222
they12 6,798.873.213
foo2 1,133.143.149
better3 1,699.723.147
three3 1,699.723.115
next2 1,133.143.059
last3 1,699.723.003
place3 1,699.722.918
daein2 1,133.142.912
dae5 2,832.862.860
first4 2,266.292.543
at17 9,631.732.502
mean2 1,133.142.499
these2 1,133.142.254
fae2 1,133.142.235
came2 1,133.142.159
sonja2 1,133.14nan
niver2 1,133.142.068
comes2 1,133.142.068
time6 3,399.432.025
anither3 1,699.722.005
end2 1,133.141.890
bit2 1,133.141.797
jist5 2,832.861.777
wid4 2,266.291.728
tae46 26,062.321.728
feel2 1,133.141.727
right2 1,133.141.727
da2 1,133.141.610
years2 1,133.141.603
even3 1,699.721.594
name2 1,133.141.565
me9 5,099.151.520
oot11 6,232.291.503
think3 1,699.721.496
wis13 7,365.441.495
best2 1,133.141.493
which2 1,133.141.470
look2 1,133.141.441
ve3 1,699.721.372
up4 2,266.291.328
year3 1,699.721.278
set2 1,133.141.208
ayewiz2 1,133.14nan
didnae2 1,133.141.315
things2 1,133.141.194
her6 3,399.431.170
will3 1,699.721.165
ye13 7,365.441.151
pit3 1,699.721.088
doon2 1,133.141.050
twa4 2,266.290.961
days2 1,133.140.928
yer5 2,832.860.912
back2 1,133.140.878
hid4 2,266.290.871
was3 1,699.720.869
thing2 1,133.140.853
you5 2,832.860.777
wir2 1,133.140.758
day2 1,133.140.710
life2 1,133.140.657
than3 1,699.720.597
or4 2,266.290.579
til2 1,133.140.497
this5 2,832.860.496
ither3 1,699.720.467
made2 1,133.140.373
a56 31,728.050.360
as9 5,099.150.306
new2 1,133.140.283
see2 1,133.140.271
them2 1,133.140.249
to3 1,699.720.249
nicht2 1,133.140.240
did2 1,133.140.235
again2 1,133.140.212
it23 13,031.160.209
could2 1,133.140.187
been4 2,266.290.162
hoose2 1,133.140.150
wee3 1,699.720.140
for11 6,232.290.119
oor2 1,133.140.116
aye2 1,133.140.107
some2 1,133.140.088
said2 1,133.140.080
fowk3 1,699.720.053
mair4 2,266.290.043
can3 1,699.720.033
by3 1,699.720.027
like5 2,832.860.024
that18 10,198.300.020
then2 1,133.140.014
noo3 1,699.720.008
hae4 2,266.290.003
o36 20,396.600.002
she9 5,099.150.002
wi13 7,365.440.001
be9 5,099.150.001
weel2 1,133.140.001
efter2 1,133.140.000
starbucks2 1,133.14nan
d2 1,133.140.367