A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Priest, Ena

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 683
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 293
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.331
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, wis, mansie, tae, a, we, he, o, hit,

List of texts in corpus

Bonxie Geo
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (683 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
da56 81,991.22289.018
mansie20 29,282.58285.740
mast7 10,248.9096.661
wave7 10,248.9063.504
boat7 10,248.9055.127
hit10 14,641.2950.381
peter5 7,320.6442.975
shop6 8,784.7740.313
spar3 4,392.3939.494
dat7 10,248.9036.901
geo3 4,392.3933.413
röf3 4,392.3933.413
cave4 5,856.5230.844
braaly3 4,392.3928.566
fir7 10,248.9026.452
coorser2 2,928.2625.507
sail3 4,392.3925.425
hed6 8,784.7725.168
laet2 2,928.2623.782
mibee2 2,928.2620.955
we13 19,033.6720.438
boddam2 2,928.2620.335
gaet2 2,928.2620.335
med3 4,392.3919.575
wye5 7,320.6418.804
mell2 2,928.2618.177
saat2 2,928.2617.286
yis2 2,928.2617.029
wis20 29,282.5816.507
beenie4 5,856.52nan
ivry2 2,928.2616.141
wisna4 5,856.5214.414
waas2 2,928.2613.108
sea3 4,392.3912.841
dis4 5,856.5211.626
an33 48,316.2511.549
wid5 7,320.6410.601
trow2 2,928.2610.046
wanted2 2,928.269.964
bonxie3 4,392.39nan
dan2 2,928.269.618
ony4 5,856.529.474
eftir2 2,928.268.796
passed2 2,928.268.595
gied3 4,392.398.377
lik3 4,392.398.194
start2 2,928.268.076
able2 2,928.267.602
sixt3 4,392.39nan
up8 11,713.037.178
hame-trow3 4,392.39nan
seevint3 4,392.39nan
him6 8,784.776.034
still3 4,392.395.771
coorse2 2,928.265.278
he12 17,569.554.846
aa4 5,856.523.758
awa3 4,392.393.466
wan2 2,928.263.425
his8 11,713.033.357
richt3 4,392.393.163
fine2 2,928.263.053
a13 19,033.672.880
in6 8,784.772.442
by3 4,392.392.393
tak2 2,928.262.269
see3 4,392.392.246
muckle2 2,928.262.055
got2 2,928.261.876
and2 2,928.261.846
aboot4 5,856.521.503
so2 2,928.261.503
is2 2,928.261.455
ll2 2,928.261.362
weel2 2,928.261.308
i2 2,928.261.299
watslure2 2,928.26nan
doon3 4,392.391.210
whit3 4,392.391.190
as6 8,784.770.725
errants2 2,928.26nan
o11 16,105.420.732
be2 2,928.260.713
if2 2,928.260.692
on6 8,784.770.689
noo2 2,928.260.586
at3 4,392.390.489
oot4 5,856.520.396
day2 2,928.260.292
back2 2,928.260.226
ower2 2,928.260.136
s6 8,784.770.132
tae16 23,426.060.131
but3 4,392.390.038