A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ireland, Mark

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,372
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 460
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.983
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - callum, i, a, his, mam, he, to, yer, ti, him,

List of texts in corpus

Wi A Facey Like Yours
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Banff) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (1,372 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
callum46 33,527.70539.569
mam27 19,679.30234.834
school15 10,932.94101.751
y11 8,017.4999.323
oh16 11,661.8187.922
yi14 10,204.0884.414
to24 17,492.7184.116
baggie7 5,102.0483.551
i44 32,069.9779.190
ti23 16,763.8569.435
the19 13,848.4069.227
yer24 17,492.7167.044
his38 27,696.7960.286
bain5 3,644.3150.197
sel6 4,373.1848.556
says13 9,475.2248.196
fan9 6,559.7737.362
sheen5 3,644.3137.255
miss7 5,102.0433.672
well8 5,830.9032.859
him19 13,848.4032.308
replies4 2,915.4531.251
tae6 4,373.1828.291
yiv3 2,186.5926.410
gets5 3,644.3125.630
gan5 3,644.3123.900
im4 2,915.4523.800
pleast2 1,457.7322.771
untied2 1,457.7322.771
speers2 1,457.7322.771
clook2 1,457.7322.771
ere5 3,644.3122.320
office4 2,915.4521.225
stuck4 2,915.4520.764
stairs4 2,915.4520.415
he's4 2,915.4520.330
comes6 4,373.1820.076
homework2 1,457.7319.865
deein4 2,915.4519.762
mannie4 2,915.4519.018
roadie2 1,457.7318.959
hiv6 4,373.1818.167
papers3 2,186.5917.948
margret6 4,373.18nan
aul3 2,186.5917.948
han3 2,186.5917.684
danner2 1,457.7317.605
min3 2,186.5916.310
loon4 2,915.4515.985
wifie4 2,915.4515.576
cat4 2,915.4515.358
reight6 4,373.18nan
an15 10,932.9415.283
get9 6,559.7714.894
hears2 1,457.7314.841
tells3 2,186.5914.423
shoppin2 1,457.7314.071
gings2 1,457.7313.845
heed3 2,186.5913.674
runs2 1,457.7313.428
lunch2 1,457.7313.428
looks3 2,186.5913.071
finally3 2,186.5912.902
eight2 1,457.7312.548
he26 18,950.4412.366
teacher3 2,186.5912.177
hurry2 1,457.7312.102
gee2 1,457.7312.102
ayewis2 1,457.7311.964
am4 2,915.4511.887
drapped2 1,457.7311.702
break2 1,457.7311.457
peer2 1,457.7311.227
once2 1,457.7311.010
callum's4 2,915.45nan
disna3 2,186.5910.314
late3 2,186.5910.146
loved2 1,457.739.917
steen2 1,457.739.839
tree3 2,186.599.438
ur3 2,186.599.325
got6 4,373.189.141
nose2 1,457.739.072
aefter4 2,915.45nan
minutes2 1,457.739.266
save2 1,457.739.010
needin2 1,457.738.948
sees2 1,457.738.829
eventually2 1,457.738.713
nae11 8,017.498.638
affa4 2,915.458.453
class2 1,457.738.085
fit6 4,373.188.002
so6 4,373.187.986
asks2 1,457.737.897
goes2 1,457.737.676
bairns4 2,915.457.635
yet3 2,186.597.513
at18 13,119.537.426
jist7 5,102.047.289
pick2 1,457.737.234
is2 1,457.737.190
thought2 1,457.736.774
might2 1,457.736.676
canna3 2,186.596.478
hingin2 1,457.736.458
skerls3 2,186.59nan
it7 5,102.046.622
bag2 1,457.736.281
tell4 2,915.456.184
aff6 4,373.186.046
ere's2 1,457.735.980
half2 1,457.735.980
another2 1,457.735.954
en3 2,186.595.889
mine2 1,457.735.802
er2 1,457.735.680
door4 2,915.455.439
isna2 1,457.735.255
teen2 1,457.735.092
across2 1,457.735.014
if6 4,373.184.963
ll5 3,644.314.961
work2 1,457.734.956
thinkin2 1,457.734.736
ony4 2,915.454.718
dinna3 2,186.594.679
as3 2,186.594.663
later2 1,457.734.547
better3 2,186.594.356
bit8 5,830.904.196
wis7 5,102.044.123
doon7 5,102.043.977
gettin2 1,457.733.592
been6 4,373.183.544
bide2 1,457.733.375
great2 1,457.733.289
re3 2,186.593.266
ridy3 2,186.59nan
hoose4 2,915.454.075
telt3 2,186.593.259
lang4 2,915.453.247
body2 1,457.733.095
daener2 1,457.73nan
on14 10,204.083.002
in14 10,204.082.969
we10 7,288.632.918
niver2 1,457.732.748
feel2 1,457.732.552
wisna2 1,457.732.364
mak3 2,186.592.299
again3 2,186.592.294
look2 1,457.732.287
hame3 2,186.592.181
up9 6,559.772.168
side2 1,457.732.127
wye2 1,457.732.003
face2 1,457.731.687
far2 1,457.731.622
three2 1,457.731.598
just2 1,457.731.588
last2 1,457.731.588
left2 1,457.731.536
same2 1,457.731.455
then3 2,186.591.286
but8 5,830.901.163
time4 2,915.450.846
no2 1,457.730.810
are3 2,186.590.810
ve2 1,457.730.736
think2 1,457.730.668
hid3 2,186.590.598
be9 6,559.770.588
ma4 2,915.450.585
could2 1,457.730.571
tak2 1,457.730.571
hae2 1,457.730.559
she9 6,559.770.556
clize2 1,457.73nan
will2 1,457.730.517
my2 1,457.730.489
me3 2,186.590.484
aye3 2,186.590.427
oor3 2,186.590.424
they4 2,915.450.367
wee2 1,457.730.298
see3 2,186.590.267
was2 1,457.730.255
oot7 5,102.040.253
back2 1,457.730.248
noo3 2,186.590.238
viry2 1,457.73nan
for9 6,559.770.210
day2 1,457.730.168
you3 2,186.590.117
and10 7,288.630.099
like3 2,186.590.095
afore2 1,457.730.081
a42 30,612.240.074
s11 8,017.490.067
awa2 1,457.730.065
aboot4 2,915.450.002
her7 5,102.040.000