A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Towrie, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,719
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.829
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o', tae, wis, hid, a, an, they, for, in,

List of texts in corpus

Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale
Orkneyjar (01-01-2010) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (1,719 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
o'58 33,740.55459.448
tang28 16,288.54324.318
banks25 14,543.34240.478
hid43 25,014.54170.778
ap10 5,817.34111.486
wae26 15,125.07106.567
whin16 9,307.7494.638
thir20 11,634.6793.808
gaan12 6,980.8090.309
they40 23,269.3477.784
heem7 4,072.1377.538
wather8 4,653.8767.242
wid20 11,634.6759.108
geed6 3,490.4054.882
ether5 2,908.6751.746
fishin7 4,072.1350.000
errands4 2,326.9343.644
meed4 2,326.9340.199
nee4 2,326.9340.199
wis49 28,504.9438.857
the165 95,986.0437.842
evenin5 2,908.6735.488
sea8 4,653.8735.334
everyeen3 1,745.2033.960
comin9 5,235.6033.004
for32 18,615.4732.450
peedie5 2,908.6732.161
abune5 2,908.6731.737
wark9 5,235.6031.501
them16 9,307.7430.381
guidman4 2,326.9330.085
wir10 5,817.3428.562
weel13 7,562.5427.072
ebb3 1,745.2026.261
log3 1,745.2025.591
thowt3 1,745.2023.943
whar5 2,908.6723.498
dryin3 1,745.2023.483
skailed3 1,745.2022.284
fish5 2,908.6721.974
codlins2 1,163.4721.820
needfu2 1,163.4721.820
haals2 1,163.4721.820
wirkin4 2,326.9321.548
teu3 1,745.2021.290
time14 8,144.2720.715
pair5 2,908.6719.870
it4 2,326.9319.862
hed7 4,072.1319.365
gather2 1,163.4718.915
speel2 1,163.4718.915
and29 16,870.2718.912
gathered2 1,163.4718.011
farder2 1,163.4718.011
sheu3 1,745.2017.912
grund4 2,326.9317.848
sune3 1,745.2017.743
luk3 1,745.2016.969
pot3 1,745.2016.826
rocks3 1,745.2016.417
steens3 1,745.2016.159
ashore2 1,163.4715.654
folk6 3,490.4015.488
baith7 4,072.1315.301
fire5 2,908.6715.276
hids2 1,163.4715.234
fore3 1,745.2014.723
ais5 2,908.67nan
deu2 1,163.4714.855
cuttit2 1,163.4713.898
wak2 1,163.4713.898
set6 3,490.4013.861
keepit3 1,745.2013.660
linn2 1,163.4713.625
night4 2,326.9313.286
aye10 5,817.3413.203
boat3 1,745.2013.049
guidwife2 1,163.4712.905
fishermen2 1,163.4712.692
guid8 4,653.8711.655
boats2 1,163.4711.613
dune2 1,163.4711.613
dry4 2,326.9311.245
hoose7 4,072.1310.893
tae58 33,740.5510.705
shop3 1,745.2010.689
dried2 1,163.4710.648
maet2 1,163.479.686
summer2 1,163.479.413
lived2 1,163.478.922
neen2 1,163.478.699
sumin3 1,745.20nan
grain2 1,163.4710.412
teen3 1,745.208.553
chance3 1,745.208.522
faith2 1,163.478.225
ever3 1,745.207.538
green3 1,745.207.538
as3 1,745.207.492
aa9 5,235.607.135
dudno3 1,745.20nan
sam2 1,163.477.433
grand2 1,163.477.048
plenty2 1,163.476.581
his3 1,745.206.513
cockle3 1,745.20nan
keep4 2,326.936.509
things4 2,326.936.470
livin2 1,163.476.351
flat2 1,163.476.351
hard3 1,745.206.219
far4 2,326.936.163
spak2 1,163.475.900
wirk2 1,163.475.475
under2 1,163.475.391
doon9 5,235.605.384
bit10 5,817.345.217
news2 1,163.475.125
gotten2 1,163.475.125
awa6 3,490.405.028
if7 4,072.135.005
coo-scones3 1,745.20nan
sky2 1,163.474.928
weet2 1,163.474.880
fir4 2,326.934.830
met2 1,163.474.742
got5 2,908.674.663
takkin2 1,163.474.653
right3 1,745.204.487
he8 4,653.873.903
some6 3,490.403.854
be15 8,726.003.837
rest2 1,163.473.821
than5 2,908.673.811
oot13 7,562.543.733
skurtfu2 1,163.47nan
alang3 1,745.203.678
bonnie2 1,163.473.631
forby2 1,163.473.439
run2 1,163.473.382
on17 9,889.473.361
juist4 2,326.933.129
or2 1,163.473.052
muckle4 2,326.932.892
wha3 1,745.202.777
gettin2 1,163.472.777
bed2 1,163.472.660
get5 2,908.672.473
up3 1,745.202.461
a40 23,269.342.359
whit7 4,072.132.257
men2 1,163.472.008
her5 2,908.671.964
fur2 1,163.471.717
there2 1,163.471.687
ony3 1,745.201.640
that12 6,980.801.634
road2 1,163.471.634
maist3 1,745.201.618
best2 1,163.471.561
aboot8 4,653.871.415
year3 1,745.201.361
could3 1,745.201.350
atween2 1,163.471.322
haddicks2 1,163.47nan
till2 1,163.471.412
better2 1,163.471.116
twa4 2,326.931.050
days2 1,163.470.986
left2 1,163.470.986
wey3 1,745.200.975
fae7 4,072.130.903
hae6 3,490.400.860
wan2 1,163.470.857
at14 8,144.270.752
like3 1,745.200.598
back5 2,908.670.540
efter3 1,745.200.516
seen2 1,163.470.505
noo4 2,326.930.476
afore3 1,745.200.437
an40 23,269.340.311
cam2 1,163.470.272
see2 1,163.470.229
sae2 1,163.470.190
come2 1,163.470.188
in29 16,870.270.184
mair3 1,745.200.078
no5 2,908.670.047
lang2 1,163.470.039
had2 1,163.470.038
day3 1,745.200.037
man2 1,163.470.035
aff2 1,163.470.031
fit2 1,163.470.028
so2 1,163.470.015
been3 1,745.200.009
ower4 2,326.930.008
guidmife2 1,163.47nan
bein2 1,163.470.479