A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Walterson, Vaila

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 288
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 167
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.725
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - an, da, wis, o, she, in, der, a, her, hed,

List of texts in corpus

Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show
Shetland Times (2009-09-06) in Shetland (Lerwick) dialect (SHD), categorised as newspaper (288 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
whitrit4 13,888.8960.598
der6 20,833.3358.077
entered4 13,888.8946.053
da12 41,666.6745.686
affil2 6,944.4427.243
thomasina2 6,944.4426.058
aafil2 6,944.4423.256
kerry2 6,944.4420.480
hed4 13,888.8920.308
lovely2 6,944.4420.009
knowe2 6,944.4419.208
trowie2 6,944.4418.861
flooer2 6,944.4417.245
even4 13,888.8915.911
tatties2 6,944.4415.560
wine2 6,944.4415.560
wirkin2 6,944.4415.021
ivery2 6,944.4414.026
clock2 6,944.4413.743
show2 6,944.4412.541
wan3 10,416.6711.965
wir3 10,416.6711.781
an18 62,500.0011.484
fir3 10,416.6711.412
peerie2 6,944.4411.371
makin2 6,944.4411.155
she7 24,305.5610.751
used2 6,944.4410.634
wis10 34,722.2210.622
aa4 13,888.899.237
dey2 6,944.448.722
d3 10,416.675.909
her5 17,361.115.193
nicht2 6,944.445.181
wiz2 6,944.445.129
dae2 6,944.443.752
on4 13,888.892.083
o9 31,250.001.408
him2 6,944.441.386
in7 24,305.561.222
a6 20,833.330.805
oot2 6,944.440.431
at2 6,944.440.013