A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Walterson, Barbara

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 652
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 297
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.195
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, da, my, a, wis, o, me, tae, trow, an,

List of texts in corpus

Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (652 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
da32 49,079.75132.305
my23 35,276.07127.172
trow11 16,871.1794.495
i35 53,680.9893.494
knee4 6,134.9733.740
me15 23,006.1332.980
scrip2 3,067.4825.699
yalloo2 3,067.4825.699
een7 10,736.2024.928
dat5 7,668.7123.519
looder2 3,067.4819.519
coloured2 3,067.4818.716
maa2 3,067.4818.716
tinkin2 3,067.4818.369
heed3 4,601.2318.150
haed6 9,202.4518.145
myself2 3,067.4816.979
faider2 3,067.4816.752
wis19 29,141.1015.599
seconds2 3,067.4814.996
mysel2 3,067.4814.592
closer2 3,067.4814.344
waves2 3,067.4813.786
joost2 3,067.4813.486
tried3 4,601.2313.258
starin2 3,067.4812.783
hearin2 3,067.4812.703
den2 3,067.4812.549
saa2 3,067.4812.328
lookin3 4,601.2311.951
questions2 3,067.4811.733
boat2 3,067.4810.860
dere2 3,067.4810.860
taewards2 3,067.489.841
hand2 3,067.489.624
whar2 3,067.489.554
while3 4,601.238.781
soond2 3,067.488.383
ontae2 3,067.488.211
fis3 4,601.23nan
peerie2 3,067.488.211
aboot7 10,736.207.929
too2 3,067.487.679
night2 3,067.487.658
held2 3,067.487.537
wir3 4,601.237.284
fir3 4,601.236.943
tryin2 3,067.486.759
aa5 7,668.716.669
feet2 3,067.486.138
noteesed2 3,067.48nan
felt2 3,067.486.060
mind3 4,601.235.993
back5 7,668.715.871
wisna2 3,067.484.848
lik2 3,067.484.206
up6 9,202.453.537
but6 9,202.453.381
aff3 4,601.233.240
doon4 6,134.973.177
whit4 6,134.973.136
til2 3,067.483.020
at8 12,269.942.777
made2 3,067.482.776
still2 3,067.482.699
even2 3,067.482.647
and8 12,269.942.459
could2 3,067.482.347
an11 16,871.172.149
say2 3,067.482.132
man2 3,067.481.746
wid2 3,067.481.576
efter2 3,067.481.498
twa2 3,067.481.079
some2 3,067.480.985
underneat2 3,067.48nan
on6 9,202.450.874
if2 3,067.480.784
in8 12,269.940.501
o16 24,539.880.488
tae12 18,404.910.291
as5 7,668.710.247
oot2 3,067.480.224
it9 13,803.680.205
rippek2 3,067.48nan
s4 6,134.970.190
a21 32,208.590.189
wi4 6,134.970.161
no2 3,067.480.044
his4 6,134.970.022
he6 9,202.450.020
fae2 3,067.480.019