A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Johnstone, Ian

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 946
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 466
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.03
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o, and, tae, in, a, as, wi, wir, that,

List of texts in corpus

Tuney Loon's low doon
The Fraserburgh Herald (03-03-2000) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as newspaper (946 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
wir11 11,627.9145.719
fir10 10,570.8238.620
and27 28,541.2338.145
figs3 3,171.2532.563
syrup3 3,171.2529.912
rhymes3 3,171.2526.298
league3 3,171.2526.298
incase2 2,114.1624.258
andrew's2 2,114.1624.258
daid2 2,114.1624.258
onyhoo2 2,114.1624.258
mebbe5 5,285.4122.686
infant2 2,114.1622.534
middle-aged2 2,114.1622.534
folk6 6,342.4922.013
sitch2 2,114.1620.445
intentions2 2,114.1618.553
pupil2 2,114.1618.082
an8 8,456.6615.204
clessroom2 2,114.1615.105
gun2 2,114.1614.707
adult2 2,114.1614.707
aa9 9,513.7414.433
youth2 2,114.1614.347
fixed2 2,114.1614.178
o38 40,169.1313.987
report3 3,171.2512.968
skweel2 2,114.1611.971
aald2 2,114.1611.448
mind5 5,285.4111.244
less3 3,171.2510.853
generations2 2,114.1610.845
ither6 6,342.4910.830
sae7 7,399.5810.733
amang3 3,171.2510.380
as15 15,856.2410.210
wheen3 3,171.259.158
them6 6,342.497.576
yin4 4,228.337.450
weys2 2,114.167.412
yaised2 2,114.167.304
ask2 2,114.167.173
stuff2 2,114.167.148
agayn3 3,171.25nan
must2 2,114.167.072
their6 6,342.497.054
er2 2,114.167.047
bring2 2,114.166.902
aften2 2,114.166.763
high2 2,114.166.629
else2 2,114.166.458
each2 2,114.166.397
things3 3,171.256.186
bairns3 3,171.256.146
tellin2 2,114.166.141
some5 5,285.416.056
every2 2,114.165.993
when4 4,228.335.214
bin2 2,114.164.949
hoo2 2,114.164.488
weel4 4,228.334.473
a18 19,027.484.043
young2 2,114.163.993
it's3 3,171.253.957
get4 4,228.333.953
nicht3 3,171.253.842
thocht3 3,171.253.478
best2 2,114.163.338
the68 71,881.613.194
lik2 2,114.162.971
liberation2 2,114.16nan
yon2 2,114.162.965
his2 2,114.162.868
wi12 12,684.992.860
weanhood2 2,114.16nan
noo4 4,228.332.727
went2 2,114.162.709
than3 3,171.252.707
days2 2,114.162.646
hae5 5,285.412.520
same2 2,114.162.484
efter3 3,171.252.390
her2 2,114.162.158
we7 7,399.582.138
fine2 2,114.162.115
baein2 2,114.16nan
be2 2,114.162.057
day4 4,228.331.953
at3 3,171.251.924
anither2 2,114.161.867
us3 3,171.251.821
it7 7,399.581.772
in20 21,141.651.702
is3 3,171.251.687
micht2 2,114.161.608
maist2 2,114.161.527
whit4 4,228.331.510
ony2 2,114.161.473
my2 2,114.161.253
saalts2 2,114.16nan
commonsense2 2,114.16nan
say2 2,114.161.203
ye3 3,171.251.010
i8 8,456.660.988
they2 2,114.160.922
bit4 4,228.330.854
then2 2,114.160.788
wid2 2,114.160.738
wis7 7,399.580.735
back3 3,171.250.517
aboot4 4,228.330.436
me2 2,114.160.387
for4 4,228.330.355
twa2 2,114.160.350
tae23 24,312.900.345
of2 2,114.160.338
oot3 3,171.250.260
aye2 2,114.160.241
can2 2,114.160.201
nae2 2,114.160.197
fae2 2,114.160.142
no2 2,114.160.088
forecastable2 2,114.16nan
jist2 2,114.160.211
there2 2,114.160.081
that10 10,570.820.045
this4 4,228.330.038
but4 4,228.330.028
ower2 2,114.160.006
or3 3,171.250.005
on6 6,342.490.003
mair2 2,114.160.001