A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacInnes, Morag

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 634
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, he, no, you, on, to,

List of texts in corpus

Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (1,268 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
thee10 7,886.4473.463
owld5 3,943.2243.117
peedie6 4,731.8643.037
tae2 1,577.2940.285
hid'll3 2,365.9335.794
to13 10,252.3731.766
you15 11,829.6530.267
do6 4,731.8625.793
hands4 3,154.5724.071
eye4 3,154.5723.943
hadd3 2,365.9323.423
no15 11,829.6521.791
sand3 2,365.9321.283
sheu3 2,365.9319.225
hot3 2,365.9318.083
weet4 3,154.5716.986
ware2 1,577.2916.870
just6 4,731.8615.413
thowt2 1,577.2914.836
yur3 2,365.9314.672
shell2 1,577.2914.580
size3 2,365.9314.395
slap2 1,577.2914.339
clappit2 1,577.2914.339
geed2 1,577.2914.113
saw5 3,943.2214.088
tight2 1,577.2913.899
peat2 1,577.2913.899
red3 2,365.9313.577
thou2 1,577.2912.976
guts2 1,577.2912.660
stoor2 1,577.2912.512
een6 4,731.8612.434
withoot3 2,365.9312.420
nails2 1,577.2911.969
dig2 1,577.2911.382
shall2 1,577.2911.275
fur11 8,675.0811.164
sweat2 1,577.2911.069
here's2 1,577.2910.689
grip2 1,577.2910.102
ken7 5,520.509.899
thy2 1,577.299.595
beasts2 1,577.299.528
bank2 1,577.299.397
good3 2,365.939.397
kent5 3,943.229.010
lass2 1,577.297.848
mibbe2 1,577.297.413
colour2 1,577.297.376
learn2 1,577.297.340
earth2 1,577.297.340
fingers2 1,577.297.026
whit8 6,309.156.546
watter3 2,365.936.499
under2 1,577.296.446
bloody2 1,577.296.446
hid6 4,731.866.363
our2 1,577.296.281
couldna2 1,577.296.254
oot12 9,463.726.145
thu'll3 2,365.93nan
gundyman3 2,365.93nan
tongue2 1,577.295.926
aal2 1,577.295.762
cut2 1,577.295.671
hill2 1,577.295.313
on15 11,829.655.294
night2 1,577.295.177
lik3 2,365.934.994
keep3 2,365.934.934
o38 29,968.454.906
sea2 1,577.294.750
nivver2 1,577.294.652
like8 6,309.154.634
bairns3 2,365.934.620
pit4 3,154.574.500
black2 1,577.294.434
wur3 2,365.934.339
roon3 2,365.934.248
open2 1,577.293.940
he18 14,195.583.753
her12 9,463.723.738
she12 9,463.723.638
sun2 1,577.293.630
hoo2 1,577.293.585
that's2 1,577.293.403
them5 3,943.223.152
that7 5,520.502.913
mind3 2,365.932.886
up9 7,097.792.828
right2 1,577.292.664
his12 9,463.722.649
at4 3,154.572.590
aaf2 1,577.29nan
hiv2 1,577.292.603
let2 1,577.292.515
eld2 1,577.29nan
name2 1,577.292.480
your2 1,577.292.458
side2 1,577.292.376
an24 18,927.442.317
go2 1,577.292.251
be3 2,365.932.245
tho2 1,577.292.239
what2 1,577.291.967
it10 7,886.441.915
place2 1,577.291.733
this8 6,309.151.724
days2 1,577.291.723
by4 3,154.571.634
me7 5,520.501.602
wan2 1,577.291.566
wi6 4,731.861.448
here3 2,365.931.386
or2 1,577.291.338
big2 1,577.291.279
says2 1,577.291.276
new2 1,577.290.850
cam2 1,577.290.779
did2 1,577.290.774
i10 7,886.440.735
of3 2,365.930.706
wis10 7,886.440.692
birlan2 1,577.29nan
him5 3,943.220.694
there2 1,577.290.574
first2 1,577.290.515
if3 2,365.930.500
ower4 3,154.570.433
as6 4,731.860.421
heid2 1,577.290.391
pomegranate2 1,577.29nan
noo3 2,365.930.387
then2 1,577.290.302
kennan2 1,577.29nan
and7 5,520.500.274
so2 1,577.290.272
in22 17,350.160.252
wid2 1,577.290.248
aedie2 1,577.29nan
when2 1,577.290.241
weel2 1,577.290.179
they4 3,154.570.179
is9 7,097.790.172
back2 1,577.290.154
day3 2,365.930.107
us2 1,577.290.089
aedie's2 1,577.29nan
are2 1,577.290.083
fae4 3,154.570.061
said2 1,577.290.036
time2 1,577.290.033
a38 29,968.450.020
the74 58,359.620.000
but5 3,943.220.000
we5 3,943.220.000