A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Nicholson, Hannah

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,248
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 473
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.638
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, at, we, i, wis, tae, a, wir,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (207 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (210 words)
Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi
Leopard Arts (2021-10) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (493 words)

Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle
Leopard Arts (2021-10) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (173 words)

Da Wye At I Spaek
self-published (2021-09-18) in Shetland (Brae) dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (165 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
da96 76,923.08482.375
dey16 12,820.5189.553
wir19 15,224.3687.916
yun6 4,807.6960.588
we29 23,237.1854.904
spaek7 5,608.9753.532
hit12 9,615.3850.645
idda4 3,205.1346.198
wye11 8,814.1045.251
at32 25,641.0341.300
apö4 3,205.1334.310
i28 22,435.9033.581
de5 4,006.4132.834
dem6 4,807.6930.100
röf3 2,403.8529.798
fokk4 3,205.1329.525
dat7 5,608.9728.701
fir9 7,211.5428.003
me18 14,423.0825.646
ship4 3,205.1325.433
mesel3 2,403.8524.960
du5 4,006.4123.287
fiddles2 1,602.5620.189
curse3 2,403.8519.464
waves3 2,403.8519.304
dir4 3,205.1319.166
could8 6,410.2619.018
wid9 7,211.5418.854
wind4 3,205.1318.229
eftir4 3,205.1318.170
an58 46,474.3618.115
engleesh2 1,602.5617.929
sky4 3,205.1317.397
staandin2 1,602.5617.394
earl2 1,602.5617.394
gym2 1,602.5616.503
laeve2 1,602.5616.123
waar2 1,602.5615.776
brawly2 1,602.5615.163
juist7 5,608.9714.903
sunny2 1,602.5613.952
you10 8,012.8213.946
ivry2 1,602.5613.749
don4 3,205.1313.584
an'under3 2,403.85nan
bluid3 2,403.8512.942
wirsels2 1,602.5612.284
as19 15,224.3612.160
shore2 1,602.5610.927
peerie3 2,403.8510.838
watter4 3,205.1310.788
appeared2 1,602.5610.478
tell5 4,006.4110.368
accent2 1,602.569.929
den2 1,602.569.929
saa2 1,602.569.785
up13 10,416.679.656
startit2 1,602.569.514
wis25 20,032.059.451
steps2 1,602.569.082
pat2 1,602.568.911
hall2 1,602.568.802
run3 2,403.858.798
lik4 3,205.138.717
sam2 1,602.568.644
were6 4,807.698.057
realised2 1,602.568.027
finally2 1,602.567.539
athin2 1,602.567.213
in9 7,211.547.120
and2 1,602.567.019
light2 1,602.566.820
stories2 1,602.566.581
mooth2 1,602.566.552
hear3 2,403.856.370
end3 2,403.856.342
tongue2 1,602.565.999
a23 18,429.495.953
gae2 1,602.565.810
een4 3,205.135.765
human2 1,602.565.765
isna2 1,602.565.567
middle2 1,602.565.225
did4 3,205.135.217
back7 5,608.975.217
maks2 1,602.565.057
turned2 1,602.564.968
haed4 3,205.134.938
only3 2,403.854.805
guillotine2 1,602.56nan
bairns3 2,403.854.712
last3 2,403.854.567
fae8 6,410.264.328
time6 4,807.694.323
haein2 1,602.564.306
ahint2 1,602.564.292
aa6 4,807.694.087
s4 3,205.134.014
feet2 1,602.563.826
fine3 2,403.853.676
whan4 3,205.133.254
door3 2,403.853.221
made3 2,403.853.081
but9 7,211.542.771
hoose3 2,403.852.356
while2 1,602.562.316
guid3 2,403.851.636
dis2 1,602.561.619
his4 3,205.131.614
so3 2,403.851.547
o32 25,641.031.477
skeens3 2,403.85nan
didna2 1,602.561.331
intae4 3,205.131.296
weel3 2,403.851.294
afore3 2,403.851.263
oot8 6,410.261.245
on5 4,006.411.067
kent2 1,602.561.046
aboot2 1,602.560.941
even2 1,602.560.927
ony2 1,602.560.902
cam2 1,602.560.811
tak2 1,602.560.762
language2 1,602.560.651
wi7 5,608.970.625
ay3 2,403.850.612
it12 9,615.380.560
if3 2,403.850.534
whit4 3,205.130.531
nae5 4,006.410.530
be8 6,410.260.434
see3 2,403.850.434
lang2 1,602.560.368
hae4 3,205.130.363
tae24 19,230.770.288
or5 4,006.410.210
doon2 1,602.560.199
awa2 1,602.560.160
mair2 1,602.560.129
day2 1,602.560.081
get2 1,602.560.074
twa2 1,602.560.065
been2 1,602.560.041
ower3 2,403.850.016
is8 6,410.260.012
noo2 1,602.560.000