A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skea, Bessie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 406
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 143
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.839
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, i, elder-flooer, luv, my, o, a, fur, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (171 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (121 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
luv11 27,093.60153.135
githered8 19,704.43103.588
wine6 14,778.3354.911
elder-flooer12 29,556.65nan
clos4 9,852.2255.205
my11 27,093.6054.656
honey4 9,852.2245.452
honeymoon3 7,389.1642.626
i18 44,334.9841.704
becis3 7,389.1638.808
cannot3 7,389.1637.566
flooer4 9,852.2236.655
haimlock7 17,241.38nan
and18 44,334.9838.057
root3 7,389.1632.121
hert5 12,315.2728.972
mine4 9,852.2227.464
fruit3 7,389.1627.041
night4 9,852.2224.226
mak6 14,778.3324.105
wae6 14,778.3324.105
baet2 4,926.1123.039
apon2 4,926.1123.039
echoes2 4,926.1122.418
sweet3 7,389.1621.673
oh4 9,852.2220.352
swim2 4,926.1119.107
dim2 4,926.1119.107
fur8 19,704.4318.680
aal3 7,389.1617.442
told2 4,926.1115.265
search2 4,926.1114.735
grape4 9,852.22nan
citris3 7,389.16nan
chincher4 9,852.22nan
sweetned3 7,389.16nan
still4 9,852.2213.412
moon2 4,926.1113.300
grew2 4,926.1112.525
tale2 4,926.1111.724
wind2 4,926.1110.695
sky2 4,926.1110.282
not2 4,926.119.887
voice2 4,926.119.203
loang2 4,926.11nan
me6 14,778.338.756
ahint2 4,926.118.399
till2 4,926.116.023
keep2 4,926.115.822
wur2 4,926.115.376
life2 4,926.114.894
the34 83,743.844.278
new2 4,926.114.095
hif2 4,926.11nan
did2 4,926.113.978
will2 4,926.113.720
thair2 4,926.113.494
doon3 7,389.163.138
that7 17,241.381.852
it3 7,389.160.790
like2 4,926.110.638
him2 4,926.110.634
wis3 7,389.160.341
a10 24,630.540.328
o10 24,630.540.312
but2 4,926.110.097
as2 4,926.110.096
is3 7,389.160.093
he3 7,389.160.082
ah2 4,926.110.081
tae8 19,704.430.057
sparklan2 4,926.11nan
his2 4,926.110.044
sun-dried3 7,389.16nan
haild2 4,926.11nan