A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Miller, Alison

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,125
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 871
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.44
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, tae, an, in, his, and, i, for,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (137 words)
The Point o Tinsal
Dictionaries of the Scots Language (2021-11-30) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (375 words)

Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (846 words)
Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (767 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
he'll11 5,176.4792.036
wae22 10,352.9473.045
aal13 6,117.6570.165
orkney10 4,705.8868.271
feyther6 2,823.5362.859
owld7 3,294.1260.015
orcadian7 3,294.1250.511
hid21 9,882.3547.123
yir10 4,705.8845.228
fokk6 2,823.5341.286
thowt5 2,352.9440.074
ferly4 1,882.3539.984
voices5 2,352.9433.033
haeve3 1,411.7632.653
don't5 2,352.9429.802
thir10 4,705.8829.462
spaek5 2,352.9428.427
david5 2,352.9428.246
vowels3 1,411.7627.603
collection4 1,882.3525.275
wid13 6,117.6523.385
he's5 2,352.9422.903
wirds8 3,764.7122.323
you'll3 1,411.7621.758
eday2 941.1820.949
bulder2 941.1820.949
beuy2 941.1820.949
aer2 941.1820.949
rashy2 941.1820.949
s2 941.1819.931
funny4 1,882.3518.697
chist3 1,411.7618.645
wis5 2,352.9418.586
wark7 3,294.1218.459
write5 2,352.9418.293
lightsome2 941.1818.046
no18 8,470.5917.295
different6 2,823.5317.282
snipe2 941.1817.142
his29 13,647.0616.951
hoo6 2,823.5316.903
wear3 1,411.7616.463
windered2 941.1816.409
sittan2 941.1816.409
sanday2 941.1816.409
it8 3,764.7116.176
lukk2 941.1815.791
wi3 1,411.7615.739
whaar3 1,411.7615.411
swords2 941.1815.258
shae5 2,352.9415.154
mackay2 941.1814.789
light4 1,882.3514.621
thinkan2 941.1814.370
ebb2 941.1814.370
closs2 941.1813.992
faer2 941.1813.992
george3 1,411.7613.863
nah2 941.1813.647
haad2 941.1813.647
yarn2 941.1813.647
burden2 941.1813.647
wey9 4,235.2913.136
hap2 941.1813.037
fix2 941.1812.765
neebour2 941.1812.510
sometheen2 941.1812.510
buddy2 941.1812.272
thee3 1,411.7612.174
paet2 941.1811.633
sometimes3 1,411.7611.595
too4 1,882.3511.570
will8 3,764.7111.354
what6 2,823.5311.164
though5 2,352.9410.991
i26 12,235.2910.919
for25 11,764.7110.855
and28 13,176.4710.647
more3 1,411.7610.597
spaell4 1,882.35nan
birth2 941.1810.461
wird4 1,882.3510.207
writer2 941.1810.052
wrong2 941.1810.052
roses2 941.1810.052
hand3 1,411.769.906
wan6 2,823.539.859
meenit3 1,411.769.807
kep2 941.189.567
wir6 2,823.539.516
brown2 941.189.455
dark3 1,411.769.254
own2 941.189.039
weys3 1,411.768.755
luk2 941.188.664
gret2 941.188.577
burst2 941.188.407
veerie-orums3 1,411.76nan
you11 5,176.478.358
quarry2 941.188.245
peedie2 941.188.166
writers2 941.188.015
lad3 1,411.767.790
taks3 1,411.767.757
fence2 941.187.729
winter3 1,411.767.725
i'm3 1,411.767.725
john4 1,882.357.493
loons2 941.187.464
teen3 1,411.767.327
fields2 941.187.278
a'm3 1,411.766.988
me15 7,058.826.908
pat2 941.186.826
are8 3,764.716.741
doon11 5,176.476.369
hole2 941.186.332
sheep2 941.185.902
weel7 3,294.125.609
soonds2 941.185.522
widna2 941.185.416
fire3 1,411.765.294
piece2 941.184.704
forbye2 941.184.649
shae'll3 1,411.76nan
might2 941.184.874
that's3 1,411.764.546
well3 1,411.764.486
think5 2,352.944.443
reid2 941.184.291
hope2 941.184.267
canna3 1,411.764.214
on21 9,882.354.116
glims3 1,411.76nan
point2 941.184.082
soond2 941.184.038
deep2 941.183.994
gae2 941.183.909
tinsal3 1,411.76nan
o57 26,823.533.871
cut2 941.183.846
burn2 941.183.785
since2 941.183.765
tea2 941.183.745
fae11 5,176.473.652
right3 1,411.763.517
group2 941.183.409
hiv3 1,411.763.396
feyther's2 941.18nan
never3 1,411.763.374
or12 5,647.063.105
inside2 941.183.096
story2 941.183.050
bonny2 941.182.975
go3 1,411.762.926
door4 1,882.352.922
nivver2 941.182.917
very2 941.182.888
we4 1,882.352.843
like10 4,705.882.756
cashielaas2 941.18nan
at8 3,764.712.695
roond2 941.182.581
dry2 941.182.544
through3 1,411.762.405
spaelleen2 941.18nan
some6 2,823.532.426
shurely2 941.18nan
marwick's2 941.18nan
hert2 941.182.300
pilliewinks2 941.18nan
vikeen2 941.18nan
yet2 941.182.235
words2 941.182.131
ower2 941.182.041
plaece'2 941.18nan
great2 941.182.042
an44 20,705.882.034
thing3 1,411.762.024
been7 3,294.121.968
language4 1,882.351.925
dae5 2,352.941.868
he13 6,117.651.838
say4 1,882.351.773
got4 1,882.351.619
gousters2 941.18nan
afore5 2,352.941.970
aiggs2 941.18nan
him9 4,235.291.692
oot13 6,117.651.594
clouston2 941.18nan
to5 2,352.941.582
fellowship2 941.18nan
but5 2,352.941.570
says3 1,411.761.501
hear2 941.181.402
day2 941.181.381
gmb2 941.18nan
didna3 1,411.761.522
there3 1,411.761.343
as9 4,235.291.315
intae6 2,823.531.282
heard2 941.181.254
folk2 941.181.126
so4 1,882.351.064
when4 1,882.351.039
new3 1,411.760.947
ither4 1,882.350.919
mak3 1,411.760.895
set2 941.180.796
tak3 1,411.760.788
her14 6,588.240.780
haed3 1,411.760.726
noo2 941.180.711
chield2 941.18nan
only2 941.180.693
tae51 24,000.000.663
hoose3 1,411.760.653
they6 2,823.530.650
three2 941.180.638
pit3 1,411.760.590
mither2 941.180.563
tailoreen2 941.18nan
let2 941.181.132
same2 941.180.504
whit6 2,823.530.388
aye2 941.180.380
heid3 1,411.760.354
a67 31,529.410.351
said2 941.180.318
fine2 941.180.293
telt2 941.180.287
aboot5 2,352.940.284
had2 941.180.258
is15 7,058.820.254
get2 941.180.249
than3 1,411.760.237
ken2 941.180.187
by4 1,882.350.167
see4 1,882.350.096
their3 1,411.760.096
waether2 941.18nan
efter3 1,411.760.148
up9 4,235.290.085
ll2 941.180.073
cam2 941.180.064
that22 10,352.940.060
here2 941.180.054
be10 4,705.880.050
them3 1,411.760.041
in34 16,000.000.030
then2 941.180.021
can3 1,411.760.019
muckle2 941.180.017
the125 58,823.530.017
twa3 1,411.760.009
this8 3,764.710.002
haes2 941.180.001