A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Laurenson, Hannah Lisa

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 693
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 305
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.272
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, and, wid, tae, we, wis, a, for, s, o,

List of texts in corpus

Da Maa's Eggs
Hands Up For Trad (26-04-2019) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (693 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
da43 62,049.06197.805
wid21 30,303.03100.309
rasmie7 10,101.0190.293
faider6 8,658.0164.172
lowrie5 7,215.0158.054
and28 40,404.0454.914
eggs6 8,658.0152.008
libby4 5,772.0150.922
daa4 5,772.0150.922
maa4 5,772.0143.292
we16 23,088.0230.245
tought2 2,886.0025.455
dad4 5,772.0124.478
mam4 5,772.0124.046
rop2 2,886.0023.730
roe2 2,886.0018.854
nort2 2,886.0018.125
yis2 2,886.0016.978
dat4 5,772.0116.617
sowl2 2,886.0016.089
you8 11,544.0115.879
beds2 2,886.0014.103
both2 2,886.0012.966
tink2 2,886.0012.308
face4 5,772.0112.204
aathing2 2,886.0011.682
wan4 5,772.0111.495
chair2 2,886.0011.433
for12 17,316.0210.939
tell4 5,772.0110.855
coo2 2,886.0010.622
dey3 4,329.0010.414
widna2 2,886.009.680
laird2 2,886.009.680
dir2 2,886.009.184
your3 4,329.008.798
land2 2,886.008.776
hid5 7,215.018.560
wis16 23,088.028.516
back6 8,658.018.142
makin2 2,886.007.771
bairns3 4,329.007.705
every2 2,886.006.952
story2 2,886.006.881
nivver2 2,886.006.864
very2 2,886.006.812
do2 2,886.006.795
sat2 2,886.006.379
tap2 2,886.005.863
day5 7,215.015.824
git2 2,886.005.307
my3 4,329.004.889
s11 15,873.024.844
his9 12,987.014.777
noo4 5,772.014.444
look2 2,886.004.280
busta2 2,886.00nan
atween2 2,886.004.028
keep2 2,886.003.957
aa4 5,772.013.687
efter3 4,329.003.681
left2 2,886.003.545
thing2 2,886.003.429
dus2 2,886.00nan
awa3 4,329.003.410
wha2 2,886.003.361
wir2 2,886.003.279
a13 18,759.023.092
aff3 4,329.002.981
on8 11,544.012.643
if3 4,329.002.376
at8 11,544.012.322
tak2 2,886.002.231
come2 2,886.002.098
hoose2 2,886.002.069
be6 8,658.011.493
is7 10,101.011.470
aboot4 5,772.011.446
doon3 4,329.001.167
me4 5,772.011.067
twa2 2,886.000.944
some2 2,886.000.854
o11 15,873.020.814
apa2 2,886.00nan
aye2 2,886.000.813
it6 8,658.010.661
tae18 25,974.030.653
up4 5,772.010.593
winky2 2,886.00nan
intae2 2,886.000.462
been2 2,886.000.351
but2 2,886.000.208
he7 10,101.010.154
hae2 2,886.000.085
willy2 2,886.00nan
in10 14,430.010.061
her4 5,772.010.055
she4 5,772.010.047
i4 5,772.010.003