A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Harper, Edith

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 417
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 243
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.716
Tagged as MNA (Mid Northern A) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, an, a, o, ma, mind, wis, tae, bit, ah,

List of texts in corpus

Legacy
northwordsnow.co.uk (2021-04-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (99 words)

Soon Awa
northwordsnow.co.uk (2021-04-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (132 words)

The Wye Athin Chynges
northwordsnow.co.uk (2020-10-01) in Doric dialect (MNA), categorised as poetry (186 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
hedder2 4,796.1624.630
mind6 14,388.4924.532
lan3 7,194.2423.474
hert4 9,592.3321.512
needle2 4,796.1619.588
ma10 23,980.8218.634
threid2 4,796.1618.164
yowes2 4,796.1617.784
dowie2 4,796.1615.212
fan3 7,194.2412.936
greetin2 4,796.1611.041
braid2 4,796.1610.946
oer2 4,796.1610.205
awa4 9,592.339.610
hauns2 4,796.169.352
sea2 4,796.168.693
aye4 9,592.338.299
ahint2 4,796.168.271
bit5 11,990.417.601
an20 47,961.636.569
alang2 4,796.165.804
oan3 7,194.245.210
thon2 4,796.163.970
cam2 4,796.163.937
the34 81,534.773.839
hame2 4,796.163.794
lang2 4,796.163.072
o14 33,573.142.892
ah5 11,990.412.466
like3 7,194.242.289
hid2 4,796.162.201
fae3 7,194.242.103
time2 4,796.161.463
that2 4,796.161.360
in4 9,592.331.137
tae6 14,388.491.130
it3 7,194.240.863
oot3 7,194.240.739
as4 9,592.330.699
wis6 14,388.490.697
a15 35,971.220.597
wi2 4,796.160.463
nae2 4,796.160.462
s2 4,796.160.444
she3 7,194.240.332
her3 7,194.240.313
me2 4,796.160.296
is2 4,796.160.139
this2 4,796.160.094
up2 4,796.160.090
but2 4,796.160.083
they2 4,796.160.083
at3 7,194.240.038