A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sinclair, Lise

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 259
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.579
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, a, wis, ida, on, heem, t, aes,

List of texts in corpus

Juist laek Maunna
Shetland For Wirds (2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (176 words)

Fauld up da Feddoms
Shetland For Wirds (01-01-2006) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (83 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
da22 84,942.08114.845
ida5 19,305.0258.537
heem3 11,583.0137.617
annidder2 7,722.0129.394
nu2 7,722.0129.394
spuin2 7,722.0126.484
duys2 7,722.01nan
sails2 7,722.0122.786
laek3 11,583.0122.301
aes3 11,583.01nan
silver2 7,722.0117.781
weeks2 7,722.0113.062
dark2 7,722.0112.797
duy3 11,583.01nan
t3 11,583.0110.985
shugger2 7,722.01nan
fer2 7,722.019.626
dey2 7,722.019.130
wir2 7,722.016.725
on5 19,305.024.680
ain2 7,722.014.548
efter2 7,722.014.321
ll2 7,722.014.295
tae2 7,722.013.055
we3 11,583.012.512
wis5 19,305.021.708
an10 38,610.041.587
o8 30,888.031.187
up2 7,722.010.795
but2 7,722.010.746
s3 11,583.010.483
i2 7,722.010.126
wi2 7,722.010.003
meyn2 7,722.01nan
a8 30,888.030.023
nauthin2 7,722.01nan
dat2 7,722.019.409
sitht2 7,722.01nan
new2 7,722.015.682