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 29,461.7685.750
fan15 8,498.5869.660
my18 10,198.3056.648
an6 3,399.4355.161
fit17 9,631.7345.098
voting3 1,699.7231.561
fa8 4,532.5830.323
hiv9 5,099.1529.613
mail4 2,266.2928.797
insurance3 1,699.7228.737
rising3 1,699.7226.847
nae20 11,331.4425.453
gan5 2,832.8622.077
cash3 1,699.7221.764
arriving2 1,133.1421.706
venue2 1,133.1421.706
merried2 1,133.1421.706
wik3 1,699.7221.120
pay3 1,699.7220.540
cleaning2 1,133.1419.983
but21 11,898.0218.889
being4 2,266.2918.104
because5 2,832.8618.047
naeb2 1,133.1417.897
so10 5,665.7217.266
viable2 1,133.1417.163
drones2 1,133.1416.544
wedding2 1,133.1416.544
and28 15,864.0216.394
of11 6,232.2916.237
remote2 1,133.1416.010
village3 1,699.7215.174
onywye3 1,699.7214.961
dy3 1,699.7214.857
running2 1,133.1414.396
met4 2,266.2914.309
earn2 1,133.1414.079
prices2 1,133.1413.785
costs2 1,133.1413.785
dinna6 3,399.4313.673
funny3 1,699.7213.658
naebdy2 1,133.1413.018
folks2 1,133.1413.018
seeing2 1,133.1413.018
caul2 1,133.1413.018
youse2 1,133.1412.579
romantic2 1,133.1412.377
thinking2 1,133.1412.185
getting3 1,699.7212.021
telling2 1,133.1412.002
energy2 1,133.1411.501
s27 15,297.4511.432
politicians2 1,133.1411.347
get9 5,099.1511.322
understand2 1,133.1410.921
obviously2 1,133.1410.301
aboot14 7,932.019.972
credit2 1,133.149.870
court2 1,133.149.870
his2 1,133.149.803
cos3 1,699.729.260
instead2 1,133.148.890
canna4 2,266.298.794
control2 1,133.148.737
tried3 1,699.727.666
the77 43,626.067.592
sonya4 2,266.29nan
thoosand2 1,133.149.870
national3 1,699.727.588
date2 1,133.147.376
very3 1,699.727.363
plan2 1,133.147.325
into2 1,133.147.128
surprise2 1,133.147.034
if8 4,532.587.033
m7 3,966.017.014
september2 1,133.146.942
affa4 2,266.296.681
lot3 1,699.726.538
ging2 1,133.146.436
een5 2,832.866.192
mind5 2,832.866.153
am3 1,699.726.129
he7 3,966.015.862
far4 2,266.295.790
gets2 1,133.145.764
pal2 1,133.145.670
ony5 2,832.865.630
ma2 1,133.145.591
onythin2 1,133.145.578
withoot2 1,133.145.518
masel3 1,699.725.430
ll6 3,399.435.398
we14 7,932.015.396
form2 1,133.145.373
wiz5 2,832.865.328
course2 1,133.145.101
is19 10,764.874.976
on19 10,764.874.968
there10 5,665.724.933
means2 1,133.144.827
big4 2,266.294.598
kens2 1,133.144.598
re4 2,266.294.562
got5 2,832.864.525
are6 3,399.434.462
hale3 1,699.724.413
disnae2 1,133.144.406
in39 22,096.324.320
ken6 3,399.434.312
cooncil2 1,133.144.304
fact2 1,133.144.225
folk3 1,699.724.146
local2 1,133.144.110
seen4 2,266.294.077
used2 1,133.143.929
their7 3,966.013.851
couple2 1,133.143.826
wye3 1,699.723.608
about2 1,133.143.583
kind2 1,133.143.522
find2 1,133.143.507
nivver2 1,133.143.433
yon3 1,699.723.405
run2 1,133.143.290
better3 1,699.723.230
something2 1,133.143.222
they12 6,798.873.191
only3 1,699.723.163
next2 1,133.143.129
foo2 1,133.143.091
three3 1,699.723.041
last3 1,699.723.002
daein2 1,133.142.978
dae5 2,832.862.927
place3 1,699.722.856
first4 2,266.292.559
mean2 1,133.142.513
at17 9,631.732.437
these2 1,133.142.266
fae2 1,133.142.165
came2 1,133.142.111
comes2 1,133.142.094
time6 3,399.432.066
niver2 1,133.142.046
anither3 1,699.721.960
end2 1,133.141.840
feel2 1,133.141.811
bit2 1,133.141.809
me9 5,099.151.750
right2 1,133.141.735
wid4 2,266.291.701
jist5 2,832.861.692
da2 1,133.141.622
sonja2 1,133.14nan
tae46 26,062.321.668
even3 1,699.721.609
years2 1,133.141.604
name2 1,133.141.578
look2 1,133.141.566
ve3 1,699.721.565
wis13 7,365.441.521
oot11 6,232.291.516
best2 1,133.141.511
think3 1,699.721.480
which2 1,133.141.453
didnae2 1,133.141.413
up4 2,266.291.352
year3 1,699.721.278
ye13 7,365.441.214
ayewiz2 1,133.14nan
her6 3,399.431.232
will3 1,699.721.186
set2 1,133.141.175
things2 1,133.141.160
pit3 1,699.721.063
doon2 1,133.141.040
days2 1,133.141.005
yer5 2,832.860.973
twa4 2,266.290.937
you5 2,832.860.888
back2 1,133.140.874
hid4 2,266.290.864
thing2 1,133.140.841
was3 1,699.720.761
wir2 1,133.140.738
day2 1,133.140.685
life2 1,133.140.662
than3 1,699.720.635
or4 2,266.290.627
this5 2,832.860.493
til2 1,133.140.489
ither3 1,699.720.442
a56 31,728.050.383
made2 1,133.140.382
d2 1,133.140.355
as9 5,099.150.330
to3 1,699.720.291
new2 1,133.140.287
see2 1,133.140.268
them2 1,133.140.252
did2 1,133.140.245
it23 13,031.160.243
nicht2 1,133.140.240
again2 1,133.140.230
been4 2,266.290.169
starbucks2 1,133.14nan
could2 1,133.140.187
aye2 1,133.140.145
wee3 1,699.720.132
hoose2 1,133.140.128
oor2 1,133.140.121
for11 6,232.290.097
some2 1,133.140.089
said2 1,133.140.076
fowk3 1,699.720.044
can3 1,699.720.036
mair4 2,266.290.035
like5 2,832.860.031
by3 1,699.720.024
that18 10,198.300.021
then2 1,133.140.016
noo3 1,699.720.009
o36 20,396.600.005
hae4 2,266.290.004
wi13 7,365.440.004
be9 5,099.150.001
efter2 1,133.140.001
weel2 1,133.140.001
she9 5,099.150.000