A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Nicholson, Hannah

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,248
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 473
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.638
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, at, we, i, wis, tae, a, wir,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (207 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (210 words)
Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi
Leopard Arts (2021-10) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (493 words)

Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle
Leopard Arts (2021-10) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (173 words)

Da Wye At I Spaek
self-published (2021-09-18) in Shetland (Brae) dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (165 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
da96 76,923.08481.369
dey16 12,820.5189.372
wir19 15,224.3687.705
yun6 4,807.6960.518
we29 23,237.1855.083
spaek7 5,608.9753.451
hit12 9,615.3850.513
idda4 3,205.1346.152
wye11 8,814.1045.130
at32 25,641.0341.443
apö4 3,205.1334.264
i28 22,435.9033.704
de5 4,006.4132.947
dem6 4,807.6930.033
röf3 2,403.8529.763
fokk4 3,205.1329.479
dat7 5,608.9728.624
fir9 7,211.5428.090
me18 14,423.0825.624
ship4 3,205.1325.387
mesel3 2,403.8524.925
du5 4,006.4123.231
fiddles2 1,602.5620.166
curse3 2,403.8519.430
waves3 2,403.8519.270
dir4 3,205.1319.121
could8 6,410.2618.987
wid9 7,211.5418.765
wind4 3,205.1318.184
eftir4 3,205.1318.126
an58 46,474.3618.007
engleesh2 1,602.5617.906
staandin2 1,602.5617.371
earl2 1,602.5617.371
sky4 3,205.1317.353
gym2 1,602.5616.480
laeve2 1,602.5616.100
waar2 1,602.5615.753
brawly2 1,602.5615.435
juist7 5,608.9714.833
sunny2 1,602.5613.929
you10 8,012.8213.873
ivry2 1,602.5613.726
don4 3,205.1313.541
an'under3 2,403.85nan
bluid3 2,403.8512.909
wirsels2 1,602.5612.261
as19 15,224.3612.238
shore2 1,602.5610.904
peerie3 2,403.8510.806
watter4 3,205.1310.747
appeared2 1,602.5610.456
tell5 4,006.4110.359
accent2 1,602.569.906
den2 1,602.569.906
saa2 1,602.569.763
up13 10,416.679.611
startit2 1,602.569.492
wis25 20,032.059.486
steps2 1,602.569.060
pat2 1,602.568.889
hall2 1,602.568.780
run3 2,403.858.767
lik4 3,205.138.677
sam2 1,602.568.621
were6 4,807.698.252
realised2 1,602.568.049
finally2 1,602.567.517
athin2 1,602.567.191
in9 7,211.547.052
and2 1,602.566.924
light2 1,602.566.798
stories2 1,602.566.798
mooth2 1,602.566.531
hear3 2,403.856.340
end3 2,403.856.327
tongue2 1,602.566.027
a23 18,429.495.991
gae2 1,602.565.812
human2 1,602.565.789
een4 3,205.135.763
isna2 1,602.565.547
middle2 1,602.565.243
did4 3,205.135.212
back7 5,608.975.190
maks2 1,602.565.037
turned2 1,602.564.948
haed4 3,205.134.903
only3 2,403.854.778
guillotine2 1,602.56nan
bairns3 2,403.854.694
last3 2,403.854.567
fae8 6,410.264.451
time6 4,807.694.332
haein2 1,602.564.300
ahint2 1,602.564.300
aa6 4,807.694.059
s4 3,205.134.053
feet2 1,602.563.806
fine3 2,403.853.650
whan4 3,205.133.242
door3 2,403.853.196
made3 2,403.853.068
but9 7,211.542.760
hoose3 2,403.852.356
while2 1,602.562.306
guid3 2,403.851.632
his4 3,205.131.631
dis2 1,602.561.604
so3 2,403.851.533
o32 25,641.031.530
skeens3 2,403.85nan
didna2 1,602.561.317
weel3 2,403.851.299
intae4 3,205.131.298
afore3 2,403.851.250
oot8 6,410.261.228
on5 4,006.411.061
kent2 1,602.561.039
aboot2 1,602.560.934
even2 1,602.560.917
ony2 1,602.560.892
cam2 1,602.560.824
tak2 1,602.560.763
language2 1,602.560.642
wi7 5,608.970.626
ay3 2,403.850.599
it12 9,615.380.576
whit4 3,205.130.543
if3 2,403.850.530
nae5 4,006.410.527
see3 2,403.850.431
be8 6,410.260.425
hae4 3,205.130.381
lang2 1,602.560.379
tae24 19,230.770.289
or5 4,006.410.212
doon2 1,602.560.203
awa2 1,602.560.155
mair2 1,602.560.127
day2 1,602.560.084
get2 1,602.560.074
twa2 1,602.560.063
been2 1,602.560.040
ower3 2,403.850.015
is8 6,410.260.011
noo2 1,602.560.000