A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sclater, Kathryn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 536
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.881
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, sheu, tae, stone, hid, o, he, in,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Five Signs
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (279 words)
Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (257 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
sheu10 18,656.72103.506
stone8 14,925.3789.203
hid's5 9,328.3655.188
buddy5 9,328.3651.706
whar6 11,194.0343.513
cat6 11,194.0338.305
whit's5 9,328.3638.189
wrong4 7,462.6936.264
liv3 5,597.0135.896
yu3 5,597.0130.452
hiv6 11,194.0328.773
milk4 7,462.6926.727
hoo5 9,328.3625.214
hid8 14,925.3723.895
battle3 5,597.0123.316
plaid2 3,731.3422.664
chapel2 3,731.3421.307
mole2 3,731.3420.298
lass3 5,597.0119.103
cowld2 3,731.3418.827
dis5 9,328.3618.785
din2 3,731.3418.255
dae6 11,194.0316.198
sink2 3,731.3416.065
disna3 5,597.0115.593
cloot2 3,731.3414.884
built2 3,731.3414.664
yi3 5,597.0114.244
luk2 3,731.3414.069
wan4 7,462.6913.400
and12 22,388.0612.280
signs2 3,731.3411.575
daes2 3,731.3411.295
heavy2 3,731.3411.034
wae4 7,462.6910.995
a30 55,970.1510.639
thir3 5,597.019.756
fear2 3,731.349.733
er2 3,731.349.587
boy2 3,731.349.155
hivan3 5,597.01nan
keep3 5,597.019.428
burn2 3,731.348.815
since2 3,731.348.792
each2 3,731.348.525
a'm2 3,731.348.256
whin2 3,731.348.100
five2 3,731.347.932
fine3 5,597.017.850
who2 3,731.346.791
me6 11,194.036.258
feel2 3,731.345.559
left2 3,731.344.412
whit4 7,462.694.202
the22 41,044.783.195
that2 3,731.342.702
you3 5,597.012.612
so2 3,731.342.157
efter2 3,731.342.020
i6 11,194.031.976
o7 13,059.701.723
aff2 3,731.341.590
bit3 5,597.011.429
by2 3,731.341.188
see2 3,731.341.100
noo2 3,731.341.080
he7 13,059.701.037
or3 5,597.010.753
at2 3,731.340.708
tae9 16,791.040.584
this3 5,597.010.388
there2 3,731.340.244
in7 13,059.700.235
her2 3,731.340.227
fae2 3,731.340.159
is4 7,462.690.137
wis6 11,194.030.056
his3 5,597.010.001
wi4 7,462.690.000