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 76,923.08483.444
dey16 12,820.5189.988
wir19 15,224.3688.063
yun6 4,807.6960.754
we29 23,237.1853.945
spaek7 5,608.9753.725
hit12 9,615.3850.482
idda4 3,205.1346.309
wye11 8,814.1045.223
at32 25,641.0341.195
i28 22,435.9034.422
apö4 3,205.1334.421
de5 4,006.4132.971
dem6 4,807.6930.262
röf3 2,403.8529.881
fokk4 3,205.1329.635
dat7 5,608.9728.886
fir9 7,211.5428.181
me18 14,423.0826.541
ship4 3,205.1325.696
mesel3 2,403.8524.643
du5 4,006.4123.421
fiddles2 1,602.5620.245
curse3 2,403.8519.546
dir4 3,205.1319.273
could8 6,410.2619.147
wid9 7,211.5418.999
waves3 2,403.8518.932
wind4 3,205.1318.514
eftir4 3,205.1318.277
engleesh2 1,602.5617.985
staandin2 1,602.5617.450
earl2 1,602.5617.450
an58 46,474.3617.325
sky4 3,205.1317.297
gym2 1,602.5616.558
laeve2 1,602.5616.178
brawly2 1,602.5615.513
waar2 1,602.5615.513
juist7 5,608.9714.781
you10 8,012.8214.584
don4 3,205.1313.842
sunny2 1,602.5613.804
ivry2 1,602.5613.084
bluid3 2,403.8512.869
wirsels2 1,602.5612.338
as19 15,224.3611.981
peerie3 2,403.8510.916
watter4 3,205.1310.788
appeared2 1,602.5610.533
shore2 1,602.5610.533
tell5 4,006.4110.354
accent2 1,602.569.982
den2 1,602.569.982
saa2 1,602.569.839
wis25 20,032.059.709
up13 10,416.679.549
startit2 1,602.569.315
hall2 1,602.568.965
pat2 1,602.568.965
steps2 1,602.568.855
run3 2,403.858.828
lik4 3,205.138.698
sam2 1,602.568.259
were6 4,807.698.002
realised2 1,602.567.910
finally2 1,602.567.406
athin2 1,602.567.230
in9 7,211.547.148
and2 1,602.566.825
light2 1,602.566.691
mooth2 1,602.566.632
stories2 1,602.566.547
end3 2,403.856.305
skeens3 2,403.85nan
a23 18,429.496.019
an'under3 2,403.85nan
hear3 2,403.856.185
tongue2 1,602.565.930
gae2 1,602.565.748
human2 1,602.565.748
een4 3,205.135.745
isna2 1,602.565.596
back7 5,608.975.303
middle2 1,602.565.293
did4 3,205.135.279
maks2 1,602.565.088
haed4 3,205.134.836
only3 2,403.854.714
guillotine2 1,602.56nan
bairns3 2,403.854.769
turned2 1,602.564.652
last3 2,403.854.563
fae8 6,410.264.491
time6 4,807.694.404
haein2 1,602.564.298
ahint2 1,602.564.242
s4 3,205.133.815
aa6 4,807.693.776
feet2 1,602.563.755
fine3 2,403.853.738
whan4 3,205.133.228
door3 2,403.853.221
made3 2,403.853.106
but9 7,211.542.844
hoose3 2,403.852.277
while2 1,602.562.225
his4 3,205.131.662
dis2 1,602.561.642
guid3 2,403.851.630
so3 2,403.851.578
o32 25,641.031.417
intae4 3,205.131.368
didna2 1,602.561.342
oot8 6,410.261.259
weel3 2,403.851.227
afore3 2,403.851.205
on5 4,006.411.111
kent2 1,602.561.035
aboot2 1,602.560.964
even2 1,602.560.951
cam2 1,602.560.837
ony2 1,602.560.832
tak2 1,602.560.748
language2 1,602.560.677
wi7 5,608.970.645
ay3 2,403.850.633
whit4 3,205.130.580
if3 2,403.850.571
nae5 4,006.410.524
it12 9,615.380.521
see3 2,403.850.439
be8 6,410.260.438
lang2 1,602.560.363
hae4 3,205.130.333
tae24 19,230.770.313
doon2 1,602.560.198
or5 4,006.410.177
awa2 1,602.560.144
mair2 1,602.560.142
get2 1,602.560.088
day2 1,602.560.070
twa2 1,602.560.056
been2 1,602.560.033
ower3 2,403.850.017
is8 6,410.260.012
noo2 1,602.560.000