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MacInnes, Morag

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 634
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, he, no, you, on, to,

List of texts in corpus

Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (1,268 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
thee10 7,886.4473.431
owld5 3,943.2243.101
peedie6 4,731.8643.017
tae2 1,577.2940.294
hid'll3 2,365.9335.784
to13 10,252.3731.729
you15 11,829.6530.278
do6 4,731.8625.775
hands4 3,154.5724.058
eye4 3,154.5724.058
hadd3 2,365.9323.413
no15 11,829.6521.839
sand3 2,365.9321.273
sheu3 2,365.9319.215
hot3 2,365.9318.074
weet4 3,154.5716.974
ware2 1,577.2916.863
just6 4,731.8615.415
thowt2 1,577.2914.829
yur3 2,365.9314.663
shell2 1,577.2914.573
size3 2,365.9314.453
slap2 1,577.2914.333
clappit2 1,577.2914.333
geed2 1,577.2914.106
saw5 3,943.2214.074
tight2 1,577.2913.892
peat2 1,577.2913.892
red3 2,365.9313.567
thou2 1,577.2912.969
guts2 1,577.2912.654
stoor2 1,577.2912.505
een6 4,731.8612.418
withoot3 2,365.9312.411
nails2 1,577.2911.962
dig2 1,577.2911.376
shall2 1,577.2911.269
fur11 8,675.0811.196
sweat2 1,577.2911.063
here's2 1,577.2910.682
grip2 1,577.2910.096
ken7 5,520.509.882
thy2 1,577.299.589
beasts2 1,577.299.522
bank2 1,577.299.391
good3 2,365.939.388
kent5 3,943.228.997
lass2 1,577.297.842
colour2 1,577.297.445
mibbe2 1,577.297.407
learn2 1,577.297.334
earth2 1,577.297.334
fingers2 1,577.297.020
whit8 6,309.156.557
watter3 2,365.936.490
under2 1,577.296.440
bloody2 1,577.296.440
hid6 4,731.866.440
our2 1,577.296.275
couldna2 1,577.296.249
oot12 9,463.726.153
thu'll3 2,365.93nan
gundyman3 2,365.93nan
tongue2 1,577.295.920
aal2 1,577.295.756
cut2 1,577.295.665
hill2 1,577.295.308
on15 11,829.655.271
night2 1,577.295.171
lik3 2,365.934.986
keep3 2,365.934.936
o38 29,968.454.867
sea2 1,577.294.744
nivver2 1,577.294.646
like8 6,309.154.629
bairns3 2,365.934.622
pit4 3,154.574.490
black2 1,577.294.429
wur3 2,365.934.349
roon3 2,365.934.273
open2 1,577.293.960
he18 14,195.583.763
her12 9,463.723.727
she12 9,463.723.631
sun2 1,577.293.625
hoo2 1,577.293.580
that's2 1,577.293.398
them5 3,943.223.167
that7 5,520.502.905
mind3 2,365.932.884
up9 7,097.792.835
right2 1,577.292.697
his12 9,463.722.660
at4 3,154.572.587
aaf2 1,577.29nan
hiv2 1,577.292.598
let2 1,577.292.532
eld2 1,577.29nan
name2 1,577.292.482
your2 1,577.292.454
side2 1,577.292.371
an24 18,927.442.331
go2 1,577.292.266
be3 2,365.932.243
tho2 1,577.292.234
what2 1,577.291.962
it10 7,886.441.908
place2 1,577.291.729
this8 6,309.151.720
days2 1,577.291.719
by4 3,154.571.635
me7 5,520.501.600
wan2 1,577.291.589
wi6 4,731.861.451
here3 2,365.931.384
or2 1,577.291.344
big2 1,577.291.298
says2 1,577.291.272
new2 1,577.290.846
cam2 1,577.290.776
did2 1,577.290.776
i10 7,886.440.728
of3 2,365.930.702
wis10 7,886.440.702
birlan2 1,577.29nan
him5 3,943.220.696
there2 1,577.290.572
first2 1,577.290.513
if3 2,365.930.499
ower4 3,154.570.429
as6 4,731.860.414
heid2 1,577.290.391
pomegranate2 1,577.29nan
noo3 2,365.930.385
then2 1,577.290.305
kennan2 1,577.29nan
and7 5,520.500.278
so2 1,577.290.271
in22 17,350.160.248
wid2 1,577.290.246
aedie2 1,577.29nan
when2 1,577.290.242
weel2 1,577.290.178
they4 3,154.570.173
is9 7,097.790.170
back2 1,577.290.151
day3 2,365.930.106
us2 1,577.290.089
aedie's2 1,577.29nan
are2 1,577.290.082
fae4 3,154.570.063
said2 1,577.290.041
time2 1,577.290.034
a38 29,968.450.020
the74 58,359.620.000
but5 3,943.220.000
we5 3,943.220.000