A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Milligan, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 316
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 100
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.16
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, man, but, a, or, her, fu, brawlie, hair,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair
Lallans Magazine (2006-10-24 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (316 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
brawlie8 25,316.46112.522
buskit7 22,151.9091.665
jiggin6 18,987.3482.188
man14 44,303.8078.745
fu8 25,316.4668.591
waddin6 18,987.3467.333
grand7 22,151.9064.443
hair8 25,316.4658.417
tear5 15,822.7852.413
kythes5 15,822.7850.720
lass5 15,822.7842.089
she'd5 15,822.7840.394
but13 41,139.2438.037
or12 37,974.6837.478
kythe3 9,493.6729.590
cam6 18,987.3426.776
yon5 15,822.7825.614
she's3 9,493.6724.091
her11 34,810.1323.658
jist6 18,987.3419.756
heid5 15,822.7818.497
rubber2 6,329.1118.178
hid5 15,822.7815.398
an20 63,291.1413.084
they're2 6,329.1112.954
frae5 15,822.7812.440
heids2 6,329.1111.484
ower5 15,822.7811.063
oot5 15,822.785.942
on6 18,987.345.487
tae3 9,493.672.688
pvc3 9,493.67nan
their3 9,493.675.423
wis5 15,822.780.869
a12 37,974.680.768
up2 6,329.110.432
the17 53,797.470.116
s2 6,329.110.068
o7 22,151.900.040
she'2 6,329.11nan