A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Milligan, John

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 316
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 100
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.16
Tagged as DOR (General Northern) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, the, man, but, a, or, her, fu, brawlie, hair,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair
Lallans Magazine (2006-10-24 ) in Doric dialect (DOR), categorised as poetry (316 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
brawlie8 25,316.46112.718
buskit7 22,151.9093.038
jiggin6 18,987.3480.859
man14 44,303.8079.056
fu8 25,316.4668.439
waddin6 18,987.3467.043
grand7 22,151.9064.454
hair8 25,316.4658.611
tear5 15,822.7853.850
kythes5 15,822.7849.623
lass5 15,822.7841.996
she'd5 15,822.7840.516
but13 41,139.2438.217
or12 37,974.6837.057
kythe3 9,493.6729.441
cam6 18,987.3426.904
yon5 15,822.7825.654
she's3 9,493.6724.164
her11 34,810.1323.675
jist6 18,987.3419.487
heid5 15,822.7818.585
rubber2 6,329.1118.227
hid5 15,822.7815.511
they're2 6,329.1112.962
an20 63,291.1412.703
frae5 15,822.7812.295
heids2 6,329.1111.504
ower5 15,822.7811.055
oot5 15,822.785.966
their3 9,493.675.414
on6 18,987.345.407
pvc3 9,493.67nan
tae3 9,493.672.725
wis5 15,822.780.901
a12 37,974.680.754
up2 6,329.110.423
the17 53,797.470.097
s2 6,329.110.053
o7 22,151.900.033
she'2 6,329.11nan