A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sandison, Iris

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,253
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 355
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.53
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, he, o, peerie, a, grice, i, dey, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Da Tree Peerie Grice
Shetland For Wirds (2002) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as weans (1,253 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
da103 82,202.71535.064
grice26 20,750.20342.305
peerie32 25,538.71272.146
dey19 15,163.61113.319
wolf10 7,980.85100.207
blaain8 6,384.6890.529
ta17 13,567.4485.938
hoose16 12,769.3556.558
du9 7,182.7653.209
widd5 3,990.4247.539
he39 31,125.3043.643
dir7 5,586.5941.614
muckle13 10,375.1041.047
upo5 3,990.4239.383
geng5 3,990.4238.751
stray4 3,192.3437.880
scaar3 2,394.2533.703
daal3 2,394.2533.703
fine10 7,980.8533.048
could11 8,778.9332.618
mylk3 2,394.2532.117
ertie3 2,394.2532.117
fell7 5,586.5931.343
dem6 4,788.5130.362
enyoch3 2,394.2529.855
hed8 6,384.6828.957
dat7 5,586.5928.873
hill6 4,788.5128.221
tree6 4,788.5127.850
joost4 3,192.3427.580
laeve3 2,394.2527.556
lowrie3 2,394.2527.556
so11 8,778.9327.403
feth3 2,394.2525.016
caald3 2,394.2524.617
med4 3,192.3423.753
plaese2 1,596.1723.134
makk4 3,192.3422.631
stanes4 3,192.3422.426
hit7 5,586.5922.276
weekit7 5,586.59nan
tink4 3,192.3425.661
jeemie3 2,394.2522.134
door8 6,384.6821.434
waarm3 2,394.2521.419
clods2 1,596.1721.410
aert2 1,596.1721.410
bigg3 2,394.2519.854
feenished3 2,394.2519.520
knockit2 1,596.1719.322
biggin4 3,192.3419.239
makkin5 3,990.4219.218
till6 4,788.5117.573
puddin2 1,596.1717.432
lowin2 1,596.1717.432
yon6 4,788.5117.301
wirna2 1,596.1716.541
tae9 7,182.7616.398
daek2 1,596.1716.161
a'm4 3,192.3415.546
boannie2 1,596.1715.496
said9 7,182.7615.396
dis6 4,788.5115.379
sweet3 2,394.2515.251
third3 2,394.2515.174
i20 15,961.6915.050
wir6 4,788.5115.037
alane3 2,394.2514.596
does3 2,394.2514.596
soo2 1,596.1714.204
dan3 2,394.2513.828
ya3 2,394.2513.424
moarnin2 1,596.1712.905
set5 3,990.4212.611
dee4 3,192.3412.371
took4 3,192.3411.764
doon10 7,980.8511.613
showed2 1,596.1711.472
weet3 2,394.2511.214
started3 2,394.2511.105
lum2 1,596.1710.689
me12 9,577.0210.482
inside3 2,394.259.714
whin3 2,394.259.631
wye4 3,192.348.987
an50 39,904.238.604
wrocht2 1,596.178.528
come5 3,990.427.746
pick2 1,596.177.575
latt3 2,394.25nan
awa6 4,788.517.571
second2 1,596.177.318
laek2 1,596.177.180
opened2 1,596.176.949
shö2 1,596.176.949
as16 12,769.356.909
comin3 2,394.256.750
piece2 1,596.176.587
wi18 14,365.526.312
lang5 3,990.426.271
simmer2 1,596.176.132
wisna3 2,394.255.909
cam4 3,192.345.267
o38 30,327.215.060
blue2 1,596.175.055
fur8 6,384.684.933
ever2 1,596.174.881
ower7 5,586.594.468
time6 4,788.514.383
sat2 1,596.174.160
fire2 1,596.173.906
on3 2,394.253.840
ee2 1,596.173.810
is3 2,394.253.799
quilkit2 1,596.17nan
shün2 1,596.17nan
bed2 1,596.173.695
guid4 3,192.343.593
meshie2 1,596.17nan
didna3 2,394.253.657
him7 5,586.593.084
noo5 3,990.423.059
afore4 3,192.342.910
aetmael2 1,596.17nan
een3 2,394.253.014
up9 7,182.762.889
heard2 1,596.172.757
his12 9,577.022.709
best2 1,596.172.464
some4 3,192.342.170
bridder's2 1,596.17nan
yalled2 1,596.17nan
back5 3,990.421.849
brünnie2 1,596.17nan
in14 11,173.181.778
wid3 2,394.251.498
weel3 2,394.251.214
aboot6 4,788.511.158
hae5 3,990.421.157
a31 24,740.620.992
new2 1,596.170.903
wis16 12,769.350.860
but3 2,394.250.836
ony2 1,596.170.825
nae2 1,596.170.824
mak2 1,596.170.803
tak2 1,596.170.742
first2 1,596.170.563
can3 2,394.250.546
at10 7,980.850.446
see3 2,394.250.431
mair2 1,596.170.147
aa3 2,394.250.129
get2 1,596.170.085
aff2 1,596.170.070
you2 1,596.170.026
no3 2,394.250.019
be6 4,788.510.015
oot5 3,990.420.013
if2 1,596.170.007
by2 1,596.170.001