A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Nicholson, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 532
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 225
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, tae, an, he, bert, his, teeth, i, said, wis,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (532 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
bert15 28,195.49198.533
teeth13 24,436.09115.092
da22 41,353.3883.423
dentist6 11,278.2076.042
mam8 15,037.5962.681
brush6 11,278.2060.758
geed5 9,398.5050.134
brushed4 7,518.8048.422
dee8 15,037.5948.246
dye3 5,639.1041.083
said10 18,796.9934.014
schul3 5,639.1032.094
gae5 9,398.5031.095
morrison3 5,639.1028.374
du4 7,518.8023.678
yea2 3,759.4022.013
hit5 9,398.5020.692
he17 31,954.8919.629
bed4 7,518.8018.643
sweetie2 3,759.4018.083
his13 24,436.0917.976
fine5 9,398.5017.950
efter6 11,278.2016.990
dunna2 3,759.4016.468
pocket2 3,759.4016.150
ready3 5,639.1015.613
midder2 3,759.4015.203
sweeties2 3,759.4014.440
got5 9,398.5014.113
ok2 3,759.4014.063
dug3 5,639.1013.811
mr3 5,639.1012.991
dream2 3,759.4012.904
telt4 7,518.8012.603
didna4 7,518.8012.603
i11 20,676.6912.161
denner2 3,759.4011.857
mind4 7,518.8011.460
does2 3,759.4011.379
o2 3,759.4011.327
happen2 3,759.4010.645
mornin3 5,639.1010.264
shop2 3,759.4010.093
sorry2 3,759.409.529
money2 3,759.409.162
a'm2 3,759.408.338
do2 3,759.407.871
himsel2 3,759.407.784
black2 3,759.407.733
white2 3,759.407.733
lot2 3,759.407.159
whit5 9,398.507.110
dat2 3,759.406.703
dey2 3,759.406.438
git2 3,759.406.202
a7 13,157.896.145
right2 3,759.405.636
room2 3,759.405.373
when3 5,639.105.261
so3 5,639.105.182
dentist's2 3,759.40nan
wye2 3,759.405.046
tae19 35,714.294.278
dis2 3,759.404.262
me5 9,398.504.231
gaed2 3,759.404.048
door2 3,759.403.516
but5 9,398.502.981
come2 3,759.402.901
wis9 16,917.292.092
here2 3,759.402.078
weel2 3,759.401.900
on6 11,278.201.795
are2 3,759.401.759
fur3 5,639.101.421
if2 3,759.401.269
noo2 3,759.401.082
aa2 3,759.400.720
doon2 3,759.400.515
up3 5,639.100.387
wi3 5,639.100.265
is4 7,518.800.148
at3 5,639.100.053
in8 15,037.590.011
it6 11,278.200.010
streght2 3,759.40nan
an17 31,954.890.759