A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Walterson, Barbara

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 652
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 297
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.195
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, da, my, a, wis, o, me, tae, trow, an,

List of texts in corpus

Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (652 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
da32 49,079.75132.557
my23 35,276.07127.775
trow11 16,871.1794.764
i35 53,680.9894.682
me15 23,006.1333.794
knee4 6,134.9732.976
scrip2 3,067.4825.749
yalloo2 3,067.4825.749
een7 10,736.2024.863
dat5 7,668.7123.637
looder2 3,067.4819.146
coloured2 3,067.4818.765
maa2 3,067.4818.765
tinkin2 3,067.4818.418
heed3 4,601.2318.023
haed6 9,202.4517.939
myself2 3,067.4817.028
faider2 3,067.4816.800
wis19 29,141.1015.818
seconds2 3,067.4815.338
mysel2 3,067.4814.515
closer2 3,067.4814.393
waves2 3,067.4813.534
joost2 3,067.4813.534
tried3 4,601.2313.188
starin2 3,067.4812.751
hearin2 3,067.4812.597
den2 3,067.4812.597
saa2 3,067.4812.376
lookin3 4,601.2312.021
questions2 3,067.4811.720
boat2 3,067.4811.007
dere2 3,067.4810.908
taewards2 3,067.489.851
hand2 3,067.489.602
whar2 3,067.489.433
while3 4,601.238.600
soond2 3,067.488.429
peerie2 3,067.488.258
ontae2 3,067.488.234
aboot7 10,736.207.862
too2 3,067.487.746
fis3 4,601.23nan
night2 3,067.487.705
held2 3,067.487.604
wir3 4,601.237.296
fir3 4,601.236.991
aa5 7,668.716.335
felt2 3,067.486.092
noteesed2 3,067.48nan
tryin2 3,067.486.711
feet2 3,067.486.053
mind3 4,601.236.029
back5 7,668.715.958
wisna2 3,067.484.787
lik2 3,067.484.191
up6 9,202.453.497
but6 9,202.453.434
whit4 6,134.973.239
aff3 4,601.233.236
doon4 6,134.973.179
til2 3,067.482.956
made2 3,067.482.789
at8 12,269.942.763
even2 3,067.482.677
still2 3,067.482.665
and8 12,269.942.562
could2 3,067.482.383
an11 16,871.172.330
say2 3,067.482.183
man2 3,067.481.777
wid2 3,067.481.596
efter2 3,067.481.507
twa2 3,067.481.047
some2 3,067.480.995
underneat2 3,067.48nan
on6 9,202.450.835
if2 3,067.480.816
in8 12,269.940.509
o16 24,539.880.455
tae12 18,404.910.310
as5 7,668.710.234
it9 13,803.680.226
oot2 3,067.480.219
rippek2 3,067.48nan
a21 32,208.590.180
wi4 6,134.970.169
s4 6,134.970.154
no2 3,067.480.054
fae2 3,067.480.027
his4 6,134.970.018
he6 9,202.450.015