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 6,535.9569.328
pupils7 7,625.2758.756
jim7 7,625.2750.003
hens5 5,446.6240.581
assembly3 3,267.9730.782
box5 5,446.6228.458
crisp3 3,267.9725.350
iss3 3,267.9723.673
peacock16 17,429.19nan
inverurie2 2,178.6522.609
interval2 2,178.6522.609
goonie2 2,178.6520.519
safely2 2,178.6519.783
crisps2 2,178.6519.164
late4 4,357.3018.745
pea2 2,178.6518.628
department2 2,178.6518.628
weel8 8,714.6018.513
says6 6,535.9517.253
mornin5 5,446.6216.501
office3 3,267.9716.010
wid7 7,625.2715.297
pole2 2,178.6514.597
girls2 2,178.6514.421
sharp2 2,178.6513.935
fan4 4,357.3013.604
got6 6,535.9513.174
science2 2,178.6513.115
landed2 2,178.6512.994
at16 17,429.1911.887
front3 3,267.9710.229
birds2 2,178.6510.163
imagine2 2,178.659.995
boys2 2,178.659.681
lug2 2,178.659.582
wis20 21,786.499.331
teachers2 2,178.659.255
some6 6,535.959.151
managed2 2,178.659.123
feed2 2,178.658.793
jist6 6,535.958.653
masel3 3,267.978.545
second2 2,178.658.143
teacher2 2,178.658.014
show2 2,178.657.982
een4 4,357.307.741
bag2 2,178.657.650
soon2 2,178.657.347
school2 2,178.657.093
that18 19,607.846.919
richt5 5,446.626.861
i'm2 2,178.656.720
idea2 2,178.656.698
things3 3,267.976.516
hid5 5,446.626.334
middle2 2,178.656.325
gies2 2,178.656.043
nivver2 2,178.655.799
makkin2 2,178.655.450
foo2 2,178.655.346
siller2 2,178.655.260
next2 2,178.655.246
dee2 2,178.654.812
seen3 3,267.974.715
hae6 6,535.954.658
took2 2,178.654.519
a38 41,394.344.199
ye10 10,893.253.986
bit6 6,535.953.937
end2 2,178.653.890
and2 2,178.653.802
hiv2 2,178.653.625
haun2 2,178.653.609
aye4 4,357.303.596
how2 2,178.653.592
let2 2,178.653.529
go2 2,178.653.239
nae6 6,535.953.220
is2 2,178.653.169
i10 10,893.253.050
keep2 2,178.653.030
noo4 4,357.302.908
intae4 4,357.302.617
same2 2,178.652.550
an31 33,769.062.385
were3 3,267.972.381
for9 9,803.922.365
been4 4,357.302.274
aa4 4,357.302.258
bein2 2,178.651.891
aff3 3,267.971.877
twa3 3,267.971.836
ma7 7,625.271.791
micht2 2,178.651.698
mak2 2,178.651.575
nicht2 2,178.651.524
tak2 2,178.651.463
could2 2,178.651.409
his8 8,714.601.272
lang2 2,178.650.933
time3 3,267.970.900
fit2 2,178.650.887
we2 2,178.650.878
this2 2,178.650.768
she3 3,267.970.743
its2 2,178.650.644
awa2 2,178.650.605
on4 4,357.300.528
to2 2,178.650.508
are2 2,178.650.482
get2 2,178.650.435
in12 13,071.900.396
be6 6,535.950.377
oor2 2,178.650.312
the57 62,091.500.244
wi8 8,714.600.190
see2 2,178.650.171
there3 3,267.970.156
he9 9,803.920.129
like3 3,267.970.126
their2 2,178.650.116
they3 3,267.970.090
no2 2,178.650.077
fae3 3,267.970.074
yer2 2,178.650.072
you2 2,178.650.048
o18 19,607.840.040
as6 6,535.950.029
aboot3 3,267.970.028
day2 2,178.650.024
tae20 21,786.490.007
back2 2,178.650.007
oot4 4,357.300.005
wee2 2,178.650.003
it11 11,982.570.002
doon2 2,178.650.000
me3 3,267.970.000