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 81,991.22289.640
mansie20 29,282.58286.296
mast7 10,248.9096.855
wave7 10,248.9063.373
boat7 10,248.9055.685
hit10 14,641.2950.242
peter5 7,320.6442.858
shop6 8,784.7740.679
spar3 4,392.3939.577
dat7 10,248.9037.091
geo3 4,392.3933.496
röf3 4,392.3933.496
cave4 5,856.5230.630
braaly3 4,392.3928.649
fir7 10,248.9026.594
coorser2 2,928.2625.562
hed6 8,784.7725.327
sail3 4,392.3924.818
laet2 2,928.2623.838
mibee2 2,928.2621.011
gaet2 2,928.2620.391
boddam2 2,928.2620.391
we13 19,033.6720.025
med3 4,392.3919.657
wye5 7,320.6418.792
mell2 2,928.2618.232
saat2 2,928.2617.342
yis2 2,928.2617.084
wis20 29,282.5816.781
wisna4 5,856.5214.295
beenie4 5,856.52nan
ivry2 2,928.2615.471
waas2 2,928.2612.897
sea3 4,392.3912.547
dis4 5,856.5211.690
an33 48,316.2511.078
wid5 7,320.6410.682
trow2 2,928.2610.100
dan2 2,928.269.978
wanted2 2,928.269.860
ony4 5,856.529.241
bonxie3 4,392.39nan
eftir2 2,928.268.849
passed2 2,928.268.512
gied3 4,392.398.476
lik3 4,392.398.179
start2 2,928.268.105
able2 2,928.267.718
seevint3 4,392.39nan
hame-trow3 4,392.39nan
up8 11,713.037.108
sixt3 4,392.39nan
him6 8,784.776.018
still3 4,392.395.724
coorse2 2,928.265.275
he12 17,569.554.744
aa4 5,856.523.526
wan2 2,928.263.470
awa3 4,392.393.399
his8 11,713.033.294
richt3 4,392.393.175
fine2 2,928.263.097
a13 19,033.672.914
in6 8,784.772.455
by3 4,392.392.337
see3 4,392.392.256
tak2 2,928.262.247
muckle2 2,928.262.066
got2 2,928.261.855
and2 2,928.261.768
so2 2,928.261.527
aboot4 5,856.521.477
is2 2,928.261.453
ll2 2,928.261.403
weel2 2,928.261.257
whit3 4,392.391.248
watslure2 2,928.26nan
i2 2,928.261.216
doon3 4,392.391.213
o11 16,105.420.761
if2 2,928.260.723
be2 2,928.260.709
errants2 2,928.26nan
as6 8,784.770.696
on6 8,784.770.660
noo2 2,928.260.574
at3 4,392.390.495
oot4 5,856.520.402
day2 2,928.260.311
back2 2,928.260.238
s6 8,784.770.165
ower2 2,928.260.136
tae16 23,426.060.119
but3 4,392.390.043