A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Innes, Brian P.

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 918
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 384
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.391
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, an, wis, tae, o, that, at, peacock, in,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as prose (918 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
heidy6 6,535.9567.999
pupils7 7,625.2758.927
jim7 7,625.2749.845
hens5 5,446.6240.703
assembly3 3,267.9730.856
box5 5,446.6228.578
crisp3 3,267.9725.756
interval2 2,178.6522.658
iss3 3,267.9722.639
goonie2 2,178.6520.568
safely2 2,178.6519.832
crisps2 2,178.6519.212
department2 2,178.6518.677
pea2 2,178.6518.677
late4 4,357.3018.612
weel8 8,714.6018.208
peacock16 17,429.19nan
inverurie2 2,178.6522.658
says6 6,535.9517.947
mornin5 5,446.6216.765
office3 3,267.9716.349
wid7 7,625.2715.392
pole2 2,178.6514.646
girls2 2,178.6514.469
sharp2 2,178.6513.835
fan4 4,357.3013.386
landed2 2,178.6513.164
science2 2,178.6513.164
got6 6,535.9513.079
at16 17,429.1911.850
birds2 2,178.6510.210
front3 3,267.9710.140
imagine2 2,178.6510.043
boys2 2,178.659.581
lug2 2,178.659.533
wis20 21,786.499.520
managed2 2,178.659.214
teachers2 2,178.659.214
some6 6,535.959.195
masel3 3,267.978.827
feed2 2,178.658.723
second2 2,178.658.429
jist6 6,535.958.427
teacher2 2,178.658.028
show2 2,178.657.844
bag2 2,178.657.726
een4 4,357.307.708
soon2 2,178.657.315
school2 2,178.657.090
that18 19,607.846.897
richt5 5,446.626.870
idea2 2,178.656.833
i'm2 2,178.656.788
hid5 5,446.626.426
middle2 2,178.656.410
things3 3,267.976.314
gies2 2,178.656.124
nivver2 2,178.655.696
makkin2 2,178.655.405
next2 2,178.655.347
foo2 2,178.655.332
siller2 2,178.655.318
dee2 2,178.654.782
seen3 3,267.974.740
hae6 6,535.954.541
took2 2,178.654.495
a38 41,394.344.143
ye10 10,893.254.017
bit6 6,535.953.940
end2 2,178.653.860
haun2 2,178.653.748
and2 2,178.653.688
how2 2,178.653.657
hiv2 2,178.653.593
let2 2,178.653.577
aye4 4,357.303.420
go2 2,178.653.278
i10 10,893.253.225
nae6 6,535.953.206
is2 2,178.653.173
keep2 2,178.653.062
noo4 4,357.302.869
intae4 4,357.302.716
same2 2,178.652.566
for9 9,803.922.359
were3 3,267.972.355
been4 4,357.302.339
an31 33,769.062.144
ma7 7,625.272.110
aa4 4,357.302.057
bein2 2,178.651.910
aff3 3,267.971.874
twa3 3,267.971.786
micht2 2,178.651.683
mak2 2,178.651.518
nicht2 2,178.651.506
tak2 2,178.651.440
could2 2,178.651.440
his8 8,714.601.235
we2 2,178.650.945
time3 3,267.970.925
lang2 2,178.650.923
fit2 2,178.650.840
this2 2,178.650.779
she3 3,267.970.673
its2 2,178.650.617
awa2 2,178.650.574
to2 2,178.650.567
on4 4,357.300.561
are2 2,178.650.532
get2 2,178.650.465
in12 13,071.900.405
be6 6,535.950.381
the57 62,091.500.298
oor2 2,178.650.278
wi8 8,714.600.179
see2 2,178.650.174
there3 3,267.970.161
like3 3,267.970.147
their2 2,178.650.114
he9 9,803.920.113
they3 3,267.970.096
fae3 3,267.970.092
you2 2,178.650.075
yer2 2,178.650.075
no2 2,178.650.063
o18 19,607.840.052
day2 2,178.650.030
as6 6,535.950.024
aboot3 3,267.970.024
back2 2,178.650.010
oot4 4,357.300.006
it11 11,982.570.004
tae20 21,786.490.004
wee2 2,178.650.003
me3 3,267.970.002
doon2 2,178.650.000