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 25,316.46112.488
buskit7 22,151.9092.837
jiggin6 18,987.3482.163
man14 44,303.8079.101
fu8 25,316.4668.441
waddin6 18,987.3467.308
grand7 22,151.9064.253
hair8 25,316.4658.507
tear5 15,822.7853.706
kythes5 15,822.7849.479
lass5 15,822.7841.959
she'd5 15,822.7840.373
but13 41,139.2438.225
or12 37,974.6837.179
kythe3 9,493.6729.577
cam6 18,987.3426.780
yon5 15,822.7825.534
she's3 9,493.6724.078
her11 34,810.1323.470
jist6 18,987.3419.560
heid5 15,822.7818.606
rubber2 6,329.1118.170
hid5 15,822.7815.379
they're2 6,329.1112.945
an20 63,291.1412.824
frae5 15,822.7812.333
heids2 6,329.1111.476
ower5 15,822.7811.005
oot5 15,822.785.955
on6 18,987.345.433
tae3 9,493.672.716
pvc3 9,493.67nan
their3 9,493.675.393
wis5 15,822.780.860
a12 37,974.680.782
up2 6,329.110.425
the17 53,797.470.121
s2 6,329.110.053
o7 22,151.900.036
she'2 6,329.11nan