A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Tait, Ruth

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 462
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 231
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, a, o, sheu, they, wis, up, hir, and,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (462 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
sheu10 21,645.02106.778
hur5 10,822.5156.817
hir8 17,316.0250.376
hillside4 8,658.0147.500
son6 12,987.0140.845
wan6 12,987.0126.541
watchan2 4,329.0023.314
lukk2 4,329.0021.420
herd3 6,493.5121.382
ale2 4,329.0020.525
kit2 4,329.0020.144
siccan2 4,329.0018.904
men4 8,658.0117.995
below2 4,329.0017.377
oan6 12,987.0116.515
eyes3 6,493.5116.200
own2 4,329.0015.204
green3 6,493.5114.889
awey2 4,329.0014.807
they9 19,480.5214.705
shore2 4,329.0014.361
up8 17,316.0211.686
press2 4,329.0011.233
grund2 4,329.0011.233
bit6 12,987.019.872
an3 6,493.519.700
fae6 12,987.019.287
hill2 4,329.008.938
hid4 8,658.018.125
could3 6,493.517.235
hoose3 6,493.516.871
git2 4,329.006.723
their4 8,658.016.615
watter2 4,329.006.489
gang2 4,329.006.121
so3 6,493.515.883
wid3 6,493.515.785
oot6 12,987.015.468
tae18 38,961.045.420
keep2 4,329.005.391
far2 4,329.005.051
days2 4,329.005.011
place2 4,329.004.810
gaed2 4,329.004.530
didna2 4,329.004.337
aalweys2 4,329.00nan
bi3 6,493.515.451
see3 6,493.513.896
them3 6,493.513.885
noo3 6,493.513.814
even2 4,329.003.771
mak2 4,329.003.550
time3 6,493.513.434
birsay2 4,329.00nan
wis9 19,480.523.240
and6 12,987.012.248
fur3 6,493.511.906
for5 10,822.511.764
intae2 4,329.001.343
he2 4,329.001.278
been2 4,329.001.155
day2 4,329.001.027
her4 8,658.010.940
back2 4,329.000.905
whit2 4,329.000.801
doon2 4,329.000.778
wi5 10,822.510.611
o12 25,974.030.594
huntlin2 4,329.00nan
at2 4,329.000.357
the24 51,948.050.304
in6 12,987.010.218
liveen2 4,329.00nan
a12 25,974.030.193