A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sinclair, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 935
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 457
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.046
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, a, his, wis, wi, in, fur, dey,

List of texts in corpus

Murmansk
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2019) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (275 words)

Makkin Hame
Shetland For Wirds (2018) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (506 words)

Yarnin
Shetland For Wirds (2001) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (154 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
da95 101,604.28532.346
willie7 7,486.6356.621
dey10 10,695.1952.108
yun4 4,278.0739.362
sail4 4,278.0733.811
charlotte3 3,208.5633.756
dat7 7,486.6332.546
tide4 4,278.0731.772
shu3 3,208.5630.622
wadder3 3,208.5630.622
dir5 5,347.5929.016
wirkin4 4,278.0726.537
johnnie3 3,208.5626.250
stroods2 2,139.0424.226
filt2 2,139.0424.226
sea5 5,347.5923.284
anne3 3,208.5623.046
baa3 3,208.5622.612
naa2 2,139.0422.502
darkenin2 2,139.0422.502
convoys2 2,139.0422.502
ta6 6,417.1121.401
waves3 3,208.5620.981
hit6 6,417.1120.640
hailed2 2,139.0420.413
beach3 3,208.5620.239
du4 4,278.0719.316
sailed2 2,139.0419.057
skipper2 2,139.0417.629
creel2 2,139.0417.629
cowld2 2,139.0417.248
sam3 3,208.5617.007
trowe2 2,139.0415.073
ida2 2,139.0414.315
boats2 2,139.0413.985
muckle6 6,417.1113.839
taes2 2,139.0413.830
wind3 3,208.5613.621
fur10 10,695.1913.329
aff7 7,486.6312.867
gale2 2,139.0412.657
ower9 9,625.6712.531
his15 16,042.7811.811
whin3 3,208.5611.328
set4 4,278.0710.671
roond3 3,208.5610.241
sees2 2,139.0410.234
herd2 2,139.0410.003
boys2 2,139.049.680
an40 42,780.759.474
dere2 2,139.049.431
licht3 3,208.569.021
geordie2 2,139.049.021
dan2 2,139.048.388
waitin2 2,139.048.075
tae9 9,625.677.770
feelin2 2,139.047.382
boy2 2,139.047.093
cam4 4,278.077.080
point2 2,139.047.018
warm2 2,139.046.969
dem2 2,139.046.920
peerie2 2,139.046.826
lik3 3,208.566.507
voice2 2,139.046.074
white2 2,139.045.620
wan3 3,208.565.563
lang4 4,278.075.502
fell2 2,139.045.295
turn2 2,139.045.095
feet2 2,139.044.818
lobsters2 2,139.04nan
wid4 4,278.074.977
mind3 3,208.564.242
how2 2,139.043.578
saw2 2,139.043.521
let2 2,139.043.481
hed2 2,139.043.283
wey3 3,208.563.157
s3 3,208.563.033
wi12 12,834.223.019
heid3 3,208.562.953
up7 7,486.632.549
dis2 2,139.042.413
day4 4,278.071.931
oot7 7,486.631.931
jamsie2 2,139.04nan
richt3 3,208.561.909
twa3 3,208.561.762
een2 2,139.041.708
could2 2,139.041.370
come2 2,139.041.296
itill2 2,139.04nan
mak2 2,139.041.519
a22 23,529.411.186
aw4 4,278.071.110
in11 11,764.710.949
on8 8,556.150.800
o23 24,598.930.740
be3 3,208.560.724
fae4 4,278.070.691
wis12 12,834.220.625
afore2 2,139.040.607
we5 5,347.590.425
said2 2,139.040.347
her6 6,417.110.270
him2 2,139.040.101
no2 2,139.040.093
as5 5,347.590.083
wheelhouse2 2,139.04nan
micht2 2,139.041.648
nae3 3,208.560.042
aa2 2,139.040.038
i6 6,417.110.036
you2 2,139.040.035
back2 2,139.040.003
he8 8,556.150.002
doon2 2,139.040.000