A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Nicholson, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 532
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 225
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, tae, an, he, bert, his, teeth, i, said, wis,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (532 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
bert15 28,195.49198.116
teeth13 24,436.09115.414
da22 41,353.3883.181
dentist6 11,278.2068.965
mam8 15,037.5962.460
brush6 11,278.2061.029
geed5 9,398.5052.283
dee8 15,037.5948.352
brushed4 7,518.8048.310
dye3 5,639.1041.000
said10 18,796.9934.054
schul3 5,639.1032.010
gae5 9,398.5031.258
morrison3 5,639.1028.291
du4 7,518.8023.569
yea2 3,759.4021.957
hit5 9,398.5020.757
he17 31,954.8919.839
bed4 7,518.8018.562
sweetie2 3,759.4018.285
his13 24,436.0918.129
fine5 9,398.5017.821
efter6 11,278.2016.950
dunna2 3,759.4016.413
pocket2 3,759.4016.094
ready3 5,639.1015.567
midder2 3,759.4015.148
sweeties2 3,759.4014.588
got5 9,398.5014.181
ok2 3,759.4014.099
dug3 5,639.1013.508
mr3 5,639.1013.088
dream2 3,759.4012.849
didna4 7,518.8012.568
telt4 7,518.8012.546
denner2 3,759.4011.906
i11 20,676.6911.841
mind4 7,518.8011.406
does2 3,759.4011.324
o2 3,759.4011.242
happen2 3,759.4010.742
mornin3 5,639.1010.096
shop2 3,759.409.976
sorry2 3,759.409.287
money2 3,759.409.184
a'm2 3,759.408.285
himsel2 3,759.407.783
do2 3,759.407.749
white2 3,759.407.614
black2 3,759.407.581
lot2 3,759.407.093
whit5 9,398.506.965
dat2 3,759.406.652
dey2 3,759.406.386
git2 3,759.406.261
a7 13,157.896.103
right2 3,759.405.622
room2 3,759.405.461
so3 5,639.105.136
wye2 3,759.405.050
when3 5,639.105.024
tae19 35,714.294.348
dentist's2 3,759.40nan
dis2 3,759.404.232
me5 9,398.504.021
gaed2 3,759.404.017
door2 3,759.403.515
but5 9,398.502.929
come2 3,759.402.875
here2 3,759.402.087
wis9 16,917.292.016
weel2 3,759.401.958
on6 11,278.201.840
are2 3,759.401.676
fur3 5,639.101.430
if2 3,759.401.229
noo2 3,759.401.097
aa2 3,759.400.805
doon2 3,759.400.514
up3 5,639.100.400
wi3 5,639.100.257
is4 7,518.800.147
at3 5,639.100.051
it6 11,278.200.014
in8 15,037.590.010
streght2 3,759.40nan
an17 31,954.890.861