A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Tait, Ruth

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 462
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 231
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, a, o, sheu, they, wis, up, hir, and,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (462 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 21,645.02106.533
hir8 17,316.0250.236
hillside4 8,658.0148.361
hur5 10,822.5140.603
son6 12,987.0140.493
wan6 12,987.0126.282
watchan2 4,329.0023.265
lukk2 4,329.0021.907
herd3 6,493.5121.391
ale2 4,329.0020.476
kit2 4,329.0020.095
siccan2 4,329.0018.598
men4 8,658.0117.963
below2 4,329.0017.513
oan6 12,987.0115.989
eyes3 6,493.5115.647
own2 4,329.0015.052
green3 6,493.5114.844
they9 19,480.5214.775
shore2 4,329.0014.758
awey2 4,329.0014.758
up8 17,316.0211.756
grund2 4,329.0011.223
press2 4,329.0011.148
bit6 12,987.019.868
an3 6,493.519.418
fae6 12,987.019.101
hill2 4,329.009.079
hid4 8,658.018.042
could3 6,493.517.171
hoose3 6,493.516.985
git2 4,329.006.766
their4 8,658.016.626
watter2 4,329.006.496
gang2 4,329.006.160
so3 6,493.515.839
wid3 6,493.515.745
oot6 12,987.015.442
bi3 6,493.515.435
keep2 4,329.005.355
far2 4,329.005.162
place2 4,329.004.929
days2 4,329.004.917
gaed2 4,329.004.505
didna2 4,329.004.326
aalweys2 4,329.00nan
tae18 38,961.045.497
them3 6,493.513.946
see3 6,493.513.886
noo3 6,493.513.849
even2 4,329.003.739
mak2 4,329.003.622
time3 6,493.513.394
wis9 19,480.523.164
and6 12,987.012.166
fur3 6,493.511.908
birsay2 4,329.00nan
for5 10,822.511.768
intae2 4,329.001.294
he2 4,329.001.246
been2 4,329.001.123
day2 4,329.000.997
her4 8,658.010.937
back2 4,329.000.880
doon2 4,329.000.777
whit2 4,329.000.761
wi5 10,822.510.626
o12 25,974.030.625
at2 4,329.000.353
huntlin2 4,329.00nan
the24 51,948.050.344
liveen2 4,329.00nan
in6 12,987.010.213
a12 25,974.030.186