A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skea, Bessie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 406
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 143
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.839
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, i, elder-flooer, luv, my, o, a, fur, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (171 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (121 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
luv11 27,093.60153.008
githered8 19,704.43103.495
wine6 14,778.3355.682
elder-flooer12 29,556.65nan
clos4 9,852.2255.159
my11 27,093.6054.532
honey4 9,852.2245.406
honeymoon3 7,389.1642.591
i18 44,334.9841.796
becis3 7,389.1638.773
cannot3 7,389.1637.531
flooer4 9,852.2236.609
haimlock7 17,241.38nan
and18 44,334.9838.288
root3 7,389.1632.086
hert5 12,315.2728.952
mine4 9,852.2227.418
fruit3 7,389.1627.006
night4 9,852.2224.180
mak6 14,778.3324.067
wae6 14,778.3324.039
baet2 4,926.1123.016
apon2 4,926.1123.016
echoes2 4,926.1122.395
sweet3 7,389.1621.638
oh4 9,852.2220.308
swim2 4,926.1119.342
dim2 4,926.1119.084
fur8 19,704.4318.708
aal3 7,389.1617.408
told2 4,926.1115.242
search2 4,926.1114.712
grape4 9,852.22nan
citris3 7,389.16nan
chincher4 9,852.22nan
sweetned3 7,389.16nan
still4 9,852.2213.388
moon2 4,926.1113.277
grew2 4,926.1112.502
tale2 4,926.1111.739
wind2 4,926.1110.673
sky2 4,926.1110.260
not2 4,926.119.888
voice2 4,926.119.180
loang2 4,926.11nan
me6 14,778.338.749
ahint2 4,926.118.408
till2 4,926.116.001
keep2 4,926.115.801
wur2 4,926.115.362
life2 4,926.114.913
the34 83,743.844.293
new2 4,926.114.101
hif2 4,926.11nan
did2 4,926.113.975
will2 4,926.113.708
thair2 4,926.113.475
doon3 7,389.163.129
that7 17,241.381.874
it3 7,389.160.800
like2 4,926.110.636
him2 4,926.110.630
wis3 7,389.160.338
a10 24,630.540.333
o10 24,630.540.326
but2 4,926.110.096
as2 4,926.110.093
is3 7,389.160.091
he3 7,389.160.086
ah2 4,926.110.086
tae8 19,704.430.057
sparklan2 4,926.11nan
his2 4,926.110.045
sun-dried3 7,389.16nan
haild2 4,926.11nan