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Sutherland, Hope

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 953
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 346
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.754
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, she, we, tae, a, it, in, the, n, s,

List of texts in corpus

Twa sisters, een room
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Buckie) dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (953 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
i56 58,761.80159.100
n15 15,739.7784.873
we28 29,380.9064.617
she30 31,479.5459.023
iways5 5,246.5953.720
neatly5 5,246.5951.775
fan10 10,493.1851.204
thi7 7,345.2345.471
play8 8,394.5443.053
suppose6 6,295.9139.549
neat4 4,197.2738.625
the17 17,838.4138.416
d14 14,690.4536.034
messy3 3,147.9535.272
share5 5,246.5932.738
sisters4 4,197.2729.855
room7 7,345.2327.927
happily3 3,147.9526.580
even8 8,394.5424.337
right6 6,295.9122.569
countin2 2,098.6422.455
quite4 4,197.2721.615
half4 4,197.2720.816
abidy2 2,098.6419.011
kane2 2,098.6418.475
wardrobe2 2,098.6417.582
thit5 5,246.5917.400
ivery3 3,147.9516.405
wee10 10,493.1816.325
played3 3,147.9515.786
front4 4,197.2715.618
placed2 2,098.6413.939
fiddle2 2,098.6413.939
same5 5,246.5913.765
hidin2 2,098.6413.218
m7 7,345.2313.086
anything2 2,098.6412.287
almost2 2,098.6412.287
joke2 2,098.6412.185
odd2 2,098.6411.802
yir3 3,147.9511.497
yi3 3,147.9511.037
loud2 2,098.6410.984
present2 2,098.6410.632
needin2 2,098.6410.373
hide2 2,098.6410.249
attention2 2,098.6410.014
dee3 3,147.959.240
nae9 9,443.869.087
bed3 3,147.959.069
that2 2,098.648.678
re4 4,197.278.302
athin2 2,098.648.236
centre2 2,098.648.201
though3 3,147.958.163
game2 2,098.648.031
if6 6,295.917.944
playin2 2,098.647.837
iver2 2,098.647.837
mine2 2,098.647.774
wind2 2,098.647.477
wisna3 3,147.957.414
stuff2 2,098.647.283
but10 10,493.187.229
folk3 3,147.957.181
turns2 2,098.647.049
it21 22,035.686.769
affa3 3,147.956.701
are5 5,246.596.591
time6 6,295.916.535
s15 15,739.776.475
dinna3 3,147.956.468
fact2 2,098.646.449
want3 3,147.956.227
group2 2,098.646.224
you6 6,295.916.207
tree2 2,098.646.126
be11 11,542.505.895
her11 11,542.505.680
bit7 7,345.235.640
just3 3,147.955.636
do2 2,098.645.627
or8 8,394.545.443
baith3 3,147.955.247
different2 2,098.644.752
at12 12,591.824.471
really2 2,098.644.332
well2 2,098.644.321
made3 3,147.954.287
masel2 2,098.644.163
it's3 3,147.953.874
hear2 2,098.643.807
ve3 3,147.953.786
me7 7,345.233.547
near2 2,098.643.540
hiv2 2,098.643.515
how2 2,098.643.483
say3 3,147.953.311
jist4 4,197.273.229
go2 2,098.643.131
see4 4,197.272.770
through2 2,098.642.731
so3 3,147.952.540
roon2 2,098.642.478
up7 7,345.232.432
awa3 3,147.952.113
to3 3,147.951.911
as3 3,147.951.662
still2 2,098.641.618
hid3 3,147.951.613
maist2 2,098.641.524
think2 2,098.641.499
mak2 2,098.641.483
a22 23,084.991.391
could2 2,098.641.321
his3 3,147.951.303
oot2 2,098.641.244
o15 15,739.771.188
noo3 3,147.951.086
wis13 13,641.131.053
got2 2,098.641.045
ane2 2,098.640.962
fit2 2,098.640.811
wid2 2,098.640.708
ma6 6,295.910.694
aboot4 4,197.270.434
twa2 2,098.640.360
in17 17,838.410.305
of2 2,098.640.293
oor2 2,098.640.263
fae2 2,098.640.175
by2 2,098.640.171
them2 2,098.640.147
they3 3,147.950.137
tae22 23,084.990.128
like2 2,098.640.115
no2 2,098.640.112
there2 2,098.640.091
and7 7,345.230.061
for5 5,246.590.023
is6 6,295.910.003