A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Williamson, Inga

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 553
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 264
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.095
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - and, a, tae, the, ye, hid, wae, o, be, that,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (February 13, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (278 words)


Facebook (March 19, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (145 words)


Facebook (March 5, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (130 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
iny4 7,233.2755.353
and23 41,591.3246.182
wae10 18,083.1844.236
members4 7,233.2742.374
phrases4 7,233.2739.923
yir6 10,849.9137.477
hid10 18,083.1833.529
words6 10,849.9132.772
aal5 9,041.5931.307
wur7 12,658.2331.273
hiv6 10,849.9128.576
mibbe4 7,233.2726.868
whitivir2 3,616.6424.628
reevlers2 3,616.6424.628
faered2 3,616.6424.628
week4 7,233.2722.537
posted2 3,616.6421.800
thank3 5,424.9519.987
leisure2 3,616.6419.749
cin2 3,616.6418.129
activity2 3,616.6417.630
teu2 3,616.6416.982
fok2 3,616.6416.982
iss2 3,616.6416.603
add2 3,616.6415.240
wonder2 3,616.6414.538
own2 3,616.6414.538
welcome2 3,616.6413.943
subject2 3,616.6413.508
try3 5,424.9513.429
don3 5,424.9513.233
ye11 19,891.5012.851
so5 9,041.5912.613
lit2 3,616.6412.374
usual2 3,616.6412.194
the15 27,124.7712.042
no7 12,658.2310.975
new4 7,233.2710.901
somebody2 3,616.6410.746
weeks2 3,616.6410.084
might2 3,616.649.984
thir3 5,424.959.616
gae2 3,616.648.859
be9 16,274.868.767
disna2 3,616.648.763
wir3 5,424.958.153
ll4 7,233.278.149
word2 3,616.648.115
kind2 3,616.647.942
this7 12,658.237.046
t3 5,424.956.844
mind3 5,424.956.838
fer2 3,616.646.739
should2 3,616.646.660
if4 7,233.276.154
git2 3,616.646.140
go2 3,616.644.981
in3 5,424.954.964
you4 7,233.274.946
wye2 3,616.644.927
here3 5,424.954.805
weel3 5,424.954.585
afore3 5,424.954.542
it2 3,616.644.382
seen2 3,616.643.484
still2 3,616.643.209
i7 12,658.233.177
wis2 3,616.643.126
think2 3,616.643.063
will2 3,616.642.737
time3 5,424.952.636
reevlan2 3,616.64nan
aboot4 7,233.272.426
guid2 3,616.642.147
ither2 3,616.641.941
on6 10,849.911.634
some2 3,616.641.369
of2 3,616.641.352
bit3 5,424.951.330
fur3 5,424.951.308
can2 3,616.641.136
noo2 3,616.641.011
at2 3,616.640.802
tae15 27,124.770.802
or3 5,424.950.677
is5 9,041.590.650
day2 3,616.640.631
that7 12,658.230.407
wi3 5,424.950.338
up3 5,424.950.328
o10 18,083.180.178
fae2 3,616.640.129
oot2 3,616.640.048
me2 3,616.640.018
they2 3,616.640.008
s4 7,233.270.008
his3 5,424.950.007
a16 28,933.090.003