Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Wilson, Heidi and Isla

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 240
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 140
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.714
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, i, wis, o, ma, fan, at, an, the, in,

List of texts in corpus

Then and noo
Scots Hoose (2020) in Doric (Keith) dialect (MNA), categorised as prose (240 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
fan	5	20,833.33	31.998
er	3	12,500.00	20.949
mither	4	16,666.67	19.899
schuil	3	12,500.00	19.163
i	9	37,500.00	18.554
got	4	16,666.67	15.587
just	3	12,500.00	13.453
aften	2	8,333.33	12.045
ma	6	25,000.00	11.597
play	2	8,333.33	10.698
the	5	20,833.33	7.897
ay	3	12,500.00	7.611
face	2	8,333.33	7.559
can	3	12,500.00	7.426
says	2	8,333.33	6.901
she	5	20,833.33	6.635
still	2	8,333.33	6.066
ve	2	8,333.33	6.043
wis	7	29,166.67	5.832
at	5	20,833.33	4.907
afore	2	8,333.33	4.387
auld	2	8,333.33	4.030
a	12	50,000.00	2.976
day	2	8,333.33	2.803
bit	2	8,333.33	1.952
nae	2	8,333.33	1.669
or	2	8,333.33	1.295
but	2	8,333.33	0.922
o	7	29,166.67	0.760
wi	3	12,500.00	0.678
her	2	8,333.33	0.409
in	5	20,833.33	0.387
tae	4	16,666.67	0.287
an	5	20,833.33	0.247
that	3	12,500.00	0.156
and	2	8,333.33	0.103
it	3	12,500.00	0.012