Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Miller, Alison

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,125
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 871
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.44
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, tae, an, in, his, and, i, for,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (137 words)
The Point o Tinsal
Dictionaries of the Scots Language (2021-11-30) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (375 words)

Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (846 words)
Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (767 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
he'll	11	5,176.47	92.162
wae	22	10,352.94	73.280
aal	13	6,117.65	70.311
orkney	10	4,705.88	67.736
feyther	6	2,823.53	62.928
owld	7	3,294.12	60.095
orcadian	7	3,294.12	50.591
hid	21	9,882.35	47.256
yir	10	4,705.88	45.339
fokk	6	2,823.53	41.355
thowt	5	2,352.94	40.132
ferly	4	1,882.35	40.030
voices	5	2,352.94	33.090
haeve	3	1,411.76	32.688
don't	5	2,352.94	29.859
thir	10	4,705.88	29.328
spaek	5	2,352.94	28.484
david	5	2,352.94	28.303
vowels	3	1,411.76	27.638
collection	4	1,882.35	25.320
wid	13	6,117.65	23.509
he's	5	2,352.94	22.959
wirds	8	3,764.71	22.370
you'll	3	1,411.76	21.793
eday	2	941.18	20.972
bulder	2	941.18	20.972
beuy	2	941.18	20.972
aer	2	941.18	20.972
rashy	2	941.18	20.972
s	2	941.18	19.832
funny	4	1,882.35	18.741
chist	3	1,411.76	18.679
wis	5	2,352.94	18.634
write	5	2,352.94	18.347
wark	7	3,294.12	18.301
chield	2	941.18	18.069
lightsome	2	941.18	18.069
no	18	8,470.59	17.320
different	6	2,823.53	17.268
snipe	2	941.18	17.165
his	29	13,647.06	17.044
hoo	6	2,823.53	16.745
wear	3	1,411.76	16.497
sanday	2	941.18	16.432
windered	2	941.18	16.432
sittan	2	941.18	16.432
it	8	3,764.71	16.082
lukk	2	941.18	15.814
wi	3	1,411.76	15.737
whaar	3	1,411.76	15.445
swords	2	941.18	15.281
shae	5	2,352.94	15.207
mackay	2	941.18	14.812
light	4	1,882.35	14.664
ebb	2	941.18	14.393
thinkan	2	941.18	14.393
faer	2	941.18	14.015
closs	2	941.18	14.015
george	3	1,411.76	13.793
nah	2	941.18	13.670
haad	2	941.18	13.670
yarn	2	941.18	13.670
burden	2	941.18	13.353
wey	9	4,235.29	13.174
hap	2	941.18	13.060
fix	2	941.18	12.788
sometheen	2	941.18	12.533
neebour	2	941.18	12.295
buddy	2	941.18	12.295
thee	3	1,411.76	12.207
paet	2	941.18	11.656
too	4	1,882.35	11.612
sometimes	3	1,411.76	11.559
will	8	3,764.71	11.398
though	5	2,352.94	10.941
for	25	11,764.71	10.890
i	26	12,235.29	10.840
more	3	1,411.76	10.629
birth	2	941.18	10.483
and	28	13,176.47	10.438
wird	4	1,882.35	10.248
roses	2	941.18	10.074
wrong	2	941.18	10.074
spaell	4	1,882.35	nan
what	6	2,823.53	11.221
writer	2	941.18	10.074
hand	3	1,411.76	9.938
wan	6	2,823.53	9.915
meenit	3	1,411.76	9.839
kep	2	941.18	9.589
wir	6	2,823.53	9.571
brown	2	941.18	9.478
dark	3	1,411.76	9.285
own	2	941.18	9.061
weys	3	1,411.76	8.747
luk	2	941.18	8.687
gret	2	941.18	8.599
you	11	5,176.47	8.425
veerie-orums	3	1,411.76	nan
burst	2	941.18	8.429
quarry	2	941.18	8.267
peedie	2	941.18	8.188
writers	2	941.18	8.037
lad	3	1,411.76	7.820
taks	3	1,411.76	7.788
fence	2	941.18	7.751
winter	3	1,411.76	7.724
i'm	3	1,411.76	7.693
loons	2	941.18	7.486
john	4	1,882.35	7.472
teen	3	1,411.76	7.329
fields	2	941.18	7.300
a'm	3	1,411.76	7.019
me	15	7,058.82	6.921
pat	2	941.18	6.847
are	8	3,764.71	6.699
doon	11	5,176.47	6.397
hole	2	941.18	6.354
sheep	2	941.18	5.923
weel	7	3,294.12	5.593
soonds	2	941.18	5.543
shae'll	3	1,411.76	nan
widna	2	941.18	5.437
fire	3	1,411.76	5.323
might	2	941.18	4.895
piece	2	941.18	4.697
forbye	2	941.18	4.642
that's	3	1,411.76	4.558
well	3	1,411.76	4.513
think	5	2,352.94	4.465
reid	2	941.18	4.311
hope	2	941.18	4.263
canna	3	1,411.76	4.227
point	2	941.18	4.102
on	21	9,882.35	4.098
glims	3	1,411.76	nan
soond	2	941.18	4.057
deep	2	941.18	4.014
cut	2	941.18	3.865
burn	2	941.18	3.804
tinsal	3	1,411.76	nan
since	2	941.18	3.784
tea	2	941.18	3.764
o	57	26,823.53	3.759
right	3	1,411.76	3.543
fae	11	5,176.47	3.514
group	2	941.18	3.393
spaelleen	2	941.18	nan
hiv	3	1,411.76	3.399
never	3	1,411.76	3.378
inside	2	941.18	3.099
or	12	5,647.06	3.097
story	2	941.18	2.993
bonny	2	941.18	2.993
door	4	1,882.35	2.951
nivver	2	941.18	2.935
go	3	1,411.76	2.931
very	2	941.18	2.892
we	4	1,882.35	2.876
like	10	4,705.88	2.766
cashielaas	2	941.18	nan
at	8	3,764.71	2.728
feyther's	2	941.18	nan
gae	2	941.18	3.907
roond	2	941.18	2.586
through	3	1,411.76	2.397
hert	2	941.18	2.306
vikeen	2	941.18	nan
shurely	2	941.18	nan
pilliewinks	2	941.18	nan
dry	2	941.18	2.561
marwick's	2	941.18	nan
some	6	2,823.53	2.415
yet	2	941.18	2.230
plaece'	2	941.18	nan
ower	2	941.18	2.030
great	2	941.18	2.029
thing	3	1,411.76	2.019
an	44	20,705.88	1.993
afore	5	2,352.94	1.991
been	7	3,294.12	1.965
dae	5	2,352.94	1.868
gousters	2	941.18	nan
language	4	1,882.35	1.945
aiggs	2	941.18	nan
he	13	6,117.65	1.800
say	4	1,882.35	1.798
him	9	4,235.29	1.704
oot	13	6,117.65	1.619
got	4	1,882.35	1.609
to	5	2,352.94	1.602
but	5	2,352.94	1.561
didna	3	1,411.76	1.541
says	3	1,411.76	1.521
hear	2	941.18	1.416
there	3	1,411.76	1.344
intae	6	2,823.53	1.281
heard	2	941.18	1.256
fellowship	2	941.18	nan
as	9	4,235.29	1.342
let	2	941.18	1.145
folk	2	941.18	1.123
so	4	1,882.35	1.078
when	4	1,882.35	0.999
new	3	1,411.76	0.942
ither	4	1,882.35	0.921
mak	3	1,411.76	0.904
clouston	2	941.18	nan
words	2	941.18	2.127
her	14	6,588.24	0.810
set	2	941.18	0.791
tak	3	1,411.76	0.788
tailoreen	2	941.18	nan
haed	3	1,411.76	0.740
noo	2	941.18	0.708
only	2	941.18	0.704
tae	51	24,000.00	0.666
hoose	3	1,411.76	0.653
three	2	941.18	0.649
they	6	2,823.53	0.648
pit	3	1,411.76	0.593
mither	2	941.18	0.557
same	2	941.18	0.502
aye	2	941.18	0.377
whit	6	2,823.53	0.375
a	67	31,529.41	0.364
heid	3	1,411.76	0.359
said	2	941.18	0.309
fine	2	941.18	0.301
telt	2	941.18	0.293
aboot	5	2,352.94	0.289
had	2	941.18	0.273
is	15	7,058.82	0.262
get	2	941.18	0.251
than	3	1,411.76	0.236
ken	2	941.18	0.188
efter	3	1,411.76	0.151
by	4	1,882.35	0.148
their	3	1,411.76	0.108
see	4	1,882.35	0.098
waether	2	941.18	nan
up	9	4,235.29	0.090
ll	2	941.18	0.068
cam	2	941.18	0.060
that	22	10,352.94	0.052
here	2	941.18	0.052
be	10	4,705.88	0.047
them	3	1,411.76	0.037
in	34	16,000.00	0.024
then	2	941.18	0.020
can	3	1,411.76	0.020
the	125	58,823.53	0.015
muckle	2	941.18	0.013
twa	3	1,411.76	0.010
this	8	3,764.71	0.002
haes	2	941.18	0.000
gmb	2	941.18	nan
day	2	941.18	1.369