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MacInnes, Morag

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 634
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, he, no, you, on, to,

List of texts in corpus

Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (1,268 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
thee10 7,886.4473.316
owld5 3,943.2243.043
peedie6 4,731.8642.949
tae2 1,577.2940.307
hid'll3 2,365.9335.749
to13 10,252.3731.631
you15 11,829.6530.158
do6 4,731.8625.709
hands4 3,154.5724.013
eye4 3,154.5724.013
hadd3 2,365.9323.379
no15 11,829.6521.814
sand3 2,365.9321.239
sheu3 2,365.9319.181
hot3 2,365.9318.171
weet4 3,154.5716.930
ware2 1,577.2916.840
just6 4,731.8615.353
thowt2 1,577.2914.806
yur3 2,365.9314.629
shell2 1,577.2914.550
size3 2,365.9314.420
slap2 1,577.2914.310
clappit2 1,577.2914.310
geed2 1,577.2914.084
saw5 3,943.2214.022
tight2 1,577.2913.870
peat2 1,577.2913.870
red3 2,365.9313.534
thou2 1,577.2912.947
guts2 1,577.2912.631
stoor2 1,577.2912.483
een6 4,731.8612.413
withoot3 2,365.9312.378
nails2 1,577.2911.940
dig2 1,577.2911.353
shall2 1,577.2911.246
fur11 8,675.0811.227
sweat2 1,577.2911.041
here's2 1,577.2910.660
grip2 1,577.2910.073
ken7 5,520.509.894
beasts2 1,577.299.848
thy2 1,577.299.566
good3 2,365.939.383
bank2 1,577.299.368
kent5 3,943.228.972
lass2 1,577.297.820
colour2 1,577.297.423
mibbe2 1,577.297.385
learn2 1,577.297.312
earth2 1,577.297.312
fingers2 1,577.296.999
whit8 6,309.156.608
watter3 2,365.936.461
under2 1,577.296.418
bloody2 1,577.296.418
hid6 4,731.866.408
our2 1,577.296.335
couldna2 1,577.296.227
oot12 9,463.726.113
thu'll3 2,365.93nan
gundyman3 2,365.93nan
tongue2 1,577.295.947
aal2 1,577.295.735
cut2 1,577.295.645
on15 11,829.655.287
hill2 1,577.295.287
night2 1,577.295.151
o38 29,968.454.967
lik3 2,365.934.958
keep3 2,365.934.908
sea2 1,577.294.724
nivver2 1,577.294.626
like8 6,309.154.619
bairns3 2,365.934.604
pit4 3,154.574.482
black2 1,577.294.454
wur3 2,365.934.330
roon3 2,365.934.288
open2 1,577.293.953
he18 14,195.583.715
her12 9,463.723.673
hoo2 1,577.293.628
sun2 1,577.293.606
she12 9,463.723.578
that's2 1,577.293.390
them5 3,943.223.133
mind3 2,365.932.888
that7 5,520.502.865
up9 7,097.792.812
right2 1,577.292.680
his12 9,463.722.633
at4 3,154.572.563
aaf2 1,577.29nan
hiv2 1,577.292.596
let2 1,577.292.515
eld2 1,577.29nan
name2 1,577.292.486
your2 1,577.292.450
side2 1,577.292.368
an24 18,927.442.364
go2 1,577.292.262
be3 2,365.932.260
tho2 1,577.292.224
what2 1,577.291.946
it10 7,886.441.935
place2 1,577.291.728
this8 6,309.151.719
days2 1,577.291.713
by4 3,154.571.686
me7 5,520.501.595
wan2 1,577.291.574
wi6 4,731.861.452
here3 2,365.931.374
or2 1,577.291.341
big2 1,577.291.299
says2 1,577.291.258
new2 1,577.290.850
cam2 1,577.290.789
did2 1,577.290.774
i10 7,886.440.743
of3 2,365.930.703
wis10 7,886.440.693
birlan2 1,577.29nan
him5 3,943.220.690
there2 1,577.290.572
first2 1,577.290.510
if3 2,365.930.495
ower4 3,154.570.425
as6 4,731.860.403
heid2 1,577.290.387
pomegranate2 1,577.29nan
noo3 2,365.930.383
then2 1,577.290.302
so2 1,577.290.266
in22 17,350.160.263
kennan2 1,577.29nan
when2 1,577.290.256
and7 5,520.500.256
wid2 1,577.290.239
weel2 1,577.290.180
they4 3,154.570.173
aedie2 1,577.29nan
is9 7,097.790.165
back2 1,577.290.155
day3 2,365.930.103
us2 1,577.290.094
aedie's2 1,577.29nan
are2 1,577.290.085
fae4 3,154.570.076
said2 1,577.290.039
time2 1,577.290.034
a38 29,968.450.018
the74 58,359.620.001
but5 3,943.220.000
we5 3,943.220.000