Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
he'll	11	5,176.47	91.753
wae	22	10,352.94	71.845
aal	13	6,117.65	68.702
orkney	10	4,705.88	67.694
feyther	6	2,823.53	63.094
owld	7	3,294.12	60.289
orcadian	7	3,294.12	50.784
hid	21	9,882.35	47.378
yir	10	4,705.88	45.216
fokk	6	2,823.53	41.520
thowt	5	2,352.94	40.270
ferly	4	1,882.35	40.141
voices	5	2,352.94	32.936
haeve	3	1,411.76	32.771
don't	5	2,352.94	29.995
thir	10	4,705.88	29.540
spaek	5	2,352.94	28.620
david	5	2,352.94	28.439
vowels	3	1,411.76	27.721
collection	4	1,882.35	24.937
wid	13	6,117.65	23.712
he's	5	2,352.94	22.891
wirds	8	3,764.71	22.570
you'll	3	1,411.76	21.875
bulder	2	941.18	21.028
eday	2	941.18	21.028
rashy	2	941.18	21.028
chield	2	941.18	21.028
aer	2	941.18	21.028
beuy	2	941.18	21.028
s	2	941.18	19.314
fellowship	2	941.18	19.306
chist	3	1,411.76	18.761
funny	4	1,882.35	18.534
wark	7	3,294.12	18.507
write	5	2,352.94	18.356
wis	5	2,352.94	18.291
lightsome	2	941.18	18.125
no	18	8,470.59	17.704
different	6	2,823.53	17.229
snipe	2	941.18	17.221
his	29	13,647.06	16.786
wear	3	1,411.76	16.578
windered	2	941.18	16.487
sanday	2	941.18	16.487
sittan	2	941.18	16.487
hoo	6	2,823.53	16.433
wi	3	1,411.76	15.847
it	8	3,764.71	15.835
whaar	3	1,411.76	15.526
lukk	2	941.18	15.336
shae	5	2,352.94	15.291
mackay	2	941.18	14.867
swords	2	941.18	14.448
thinkan	2	941.18	14.448
ebb	2	941.18	14.448
light	4	1,882.35	14.411
closs	2	941.18	14.070
faer	2	941.18	14.070
george	3	1,411.76	13.772
haad	2	941.18	13.725
burden	2	941.18	13.725
nah	2	941.18	13.725
yarn	2	941.18	13.408
wey	9	4,235.29	13.169
hap	2	941.18	13.115
fix	2	941.18	12.842
sometheen	2	941.18	12.588
neebour	2	941.18	12.349
thee	3	1,411.76	12.135
buddy	2	941.18	12.124
sometimes	3	1,411.76	11.845
too	4	1,882.35	11.752
paet	2	941.18	11.710
will	8	3,764.71	11.599
i	26	12,235.29	11.387
what	6	2,823.53	11.223
though	5	2,352.94	11.135
for	25	11,764.71	10.912
spaell	4	1,882.35	nan
and	28	13,176.47	10.867
more	3	1,411.76	10.707
wird	4	1,882.35	10.346
birth	2	941.18	10.260
wrong	2	941.18	10.128
writer	2	941.18	10.128
wan	6	2,823.53	10.049
roses	2	941.18	10.001
hand	3	1,411.76	9.916
meenit	3	1,411.76	9.868
wir	6	2,823.53	9.609
brown	2	941.18	9.531
own	2	941.18	9.214
dark	3	1,411.76	9.105
kep	2	941.18	9.017
you	11	5,176.47	9.010
weys	3	1,411.76	8.783
gret	2	941.18	8.400
veerie-orums	3	1,411.76	nan
burst	2	941.18	8.400
quarry	2	941.18	8.320
peedie	2	941.18	8.241
luk	2	941.18	8.164
lad	3	1,411.76	7.927
fence	2	941.18	7.873
i'm	3	1,411.76	7.798
winter	3	1,411.76	7.766
taks	3	1,411.76	7.735
john	4	1,882.35	7.624
loons	2	941.18	7.538
me	15	7,058.82	7.440
teen	3	1,411.76	7.402
fields	2	941.18	7.292
a'm	3	1,411.76	7.091
are	8	3,764.71	7.031
pat	2	941.18	6.899
doon	11	5,176.47	6.406
hole	2	941.18	6.405
sheep	2	941.18	5.934
soonds	2	941.18	5.593
widna	2	941.18	5.521
weel	7	3,294.12	5.401
fire	3	1,411.76	5.229
might	2	941.18	5.033
forbye	2	941.18	4.664
well	3	1,411.76	4.654
that's	3	1,411.76	4.594
think	5	2,352.94	4.434
hope	2	941.18	4.335
reid	2	941.18	4.311
canna	3	1,411.76	4.291
soond	2	941.18	4.104
point	2	941.18	4.082
deep	2	941.18	4.061
on	21	9,882.35	3.968
glims	3	1,411.76	nan
since	2	941.18	3.851
gae	2	941.18	3.851
cut	2	941.18	3.830
tea	2	941.18	3.791
burn	2	941.18	3.771
fae	11	5,176.47	3.697
o	57	26,823.53	3.635
never	3	1,411.76	3.627
right	3	1,411.76	3.559
group	2	941.18	3.370
hiv	3	1,411.76	3.364
we	4	1,882.35	3.056
bonny	2	941.18	3.022
feyther's	2	941.18	nan
inside	2	941.18	3.190
go	3	1,411.76	2.962
door	4	1,882.35	2.952
like	10	4,705.88	2.924
story	2	941.18	2.921
or	12	5,647.06	2.917
very	2	941.18	2.907
nivver	2	941.18	2.851
roond	2	941.18	2.824
at	8	3,764.71	2.752
cashielaas	2	941.18	nan
dry	2	941.18	2.641
some	6	2,823.53	2.445
hert	2	941.18	2.368
pilliewinks	2	941.18	nan
spaelleen	2	941.18	nan
through	3	1,411.76	2.466
shurely	2	941.18	nan
marwick's	2	941.18	nan
an	44	20,705.88	2.305
words	2	941.18	2.147
vikeen	2	941.18	nan
yet	2	941.18	2.239
been	7	3,294.12	2.052
ower	2	941.18	2.027
plaece'	2	941.18	nan
language	4	1,882.35	2.006
great	2	941.18	1.956
dae	5	2,352.94	1.922
afore	5	2,352.94	1.898
thing	3	1,411.76	1.877
say	4	1,882.35	1.871
to	5	2,352.94	1.770
him	9	4,235.29	1.691
aiggs	2	941.18	nan
says	3	1,411.76	1.744
gousters	2	941.18	nan
he	13	6,117.65	1.893
tinsal	3	1,411.76	nan
piece	2	941.18	4.637
oot	13	6,117.65	1.640
got	4	1,882.35	1.578
gmb	2	941.18	nan
didna	3	1,411.76	1.557
but	5	2,352.94	1.503
as	9	4,235.29	1.404
intae	6	2,823.53	1.372
hear	2	941.18	1.327
there	3	1,411.76	1.326
day	2	941.18	1.310
heard	2	941.18	1.295
clouston	2	941.18	nan
when	4	1,882.35	1.168
let	2	941.18	1.166
folk	2	941.18	1.116
so	4	1,882.35	1.111
new	3	1,411.76	0.980
ither	4	1,882.35	0.865
mak	3	1,411.76	0.849
her	14	6,588.24	0.823
set	2	941.18	0.770
tailoreen	2	941.18	nan
tak	3	1,411.76	0.769
shae'll	3	1,411.76	nan
writers	2	941.18	8.089
noo	2	941.18	0.727
haed	3	1,411.76	0.697
they	6	2,823.53	0.684
only	2	941.18	0.668
tae	51	24,000.00	0.616
three	2	941.18	0.612
hoose	3	1,411.76	0.605
pit	3	1,411.76	0.573
mither	2	941.18	0.544
same	2	941.18	0.514
aye	2	941.18	0.454
whit	6	2,823.53	0.428
heid	3	1,411.76	0.376
a	67	31,529.41	0.342
fine	2	941.18	0.320
said	2	941.18	0.313
had	2	941.18	0.311
aboot	5	2,352.94	0.307
telt	2	941.18	0.303
than	3	1,411.76	0.270
is	15	7,058.82	0.263
get	2	941.18	0.221
ken	2	941.18	0.195
efter	3	1,411.76	0.156
by	4	1,882.35	0.128
their	3	1,411.76	0.110
up	9	4,235.29	0.079
cam	2	941.18	0.068
ll	2	941.18	0.056
here	2	941.18	0.054
waether	2	941.18	nan
see	4	1,882.35	0.101
them	3	1,411.76	0.049
that	22	10,352.94	0.048
be	10	4,705.88	0.045
the	125	58,823.53	0.038
then	2	941.18	0.025
in	34	16,000.00	0.022
can	3	1,411.76	0.015
muckle	2	941.18	0.014
twa	3	1,411.76	0.006
haes	2	941.18	0.003
this	8	3,764.71	0.003