A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sinclair, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 935
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 457
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.046
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, a, his, wis, wi, in, fur, dey,

List of texts in corpus

Murmansk
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2019) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (275 words)

Makkin Hame
Shetland For Wirds (2018) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (506 words)

Yarnin
Shetland For Wirds (2001) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (154 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
da95 101,604.28533.185
willie7 7,486.6356.974
dey10 10,695.1952.211
yun4 4,278.0739.405
sail4 4,278.0733.853
charlotte3 3,208.5633.788
dat7 7,486.6332.617
tide4 4,278.0731.814
wadder3 3,208.5630.654
shu3 3,208.5630.654
dir5 5,347.5929.068
wirkin4 4,278.0726.320
johnnie3 3,208.5626.282
stroods2 2,139.0424.248
filt2 2,139.0424.248
sea5 5,347.5923.059
anne3 3,208.5622.857
baa3 3,208.5622.644
convoys2 2,139.0422.523
darkenin2 2,139.0422.523
ta6 6,417.1121.461
waves3 3,208.5621.012
hit6 6,417.1120.581
naa2 2,139.0420.434
hailed2 2,139.0420.434
beach3 3,208.5620.270
du4 4,278.0719.357
sailed2 2,139.0419.078
skipper2 2,139.0417.650
creel2 2,139.0417.650
cowld2 2,139.0417.269
sam3 3,208.5617.038
trowe2 2,139.0415.094
ida2 2,139.0414.336
boats2 2,139.0413.851
taes2 2,139.0413.851
wind3 3,208.5613.784
muckle6 6,417.1113.603
fur10 10,695.1913.536
aff7 7,486.6312.852
gale2 2,139.0412.678
ower9 9,625.6712.485
his15 16,042.7811.705
whin3 3,208.5611.301
roond3 3,208.5610.634
set4 4,278.0710.562
sees2 2,139.0410.255
herd2 2,139.0410.023
boys2 2,139.049.700
dere2 2,139.049.451
an40 42,780.759.216
geordie2 2,139.049.041
licht3 3,208.568.995
dan2 2,139.048.711
waitin2 2,139.048.197
tae9 9,625.677.841
feelin2 2,139.047.374
boy2 2,139.047.163
cam4 4,278.077.051
point2 2,139.047.013
warm2 2,139.046.964
dem2 2,139.046.940
peerie2 2,139.046.845
lik3 3,208.566.534
voice2 2,139.046.131
wan3 3,208.565.703
white2 2,139.045.656
lang4 4,278.075.418
fell2 2,139.045.285
turn2 2,139.045.142
wid4 4,278.074.982
feet2 2,139.044.799
mind3 3,208.564.255
saw2 2,139.043.555
let2 2,139.043.514
hed2 2,139.043.300
lobsters2 2,139.04nan
how2 2,139.043.563
wey3 3,208.563.145
heid3 3,208.563.012
wi12 12,834.222.949
s3 3,208.562.854
up7 7,486.632.532
dis2 2,139.042.419
day4 4,278.071.985
oot7 7,486.631.956
richt3 3,208.561.901
twa3 3,208.561.750
een2 2,139.041.680
itill2 2,139.04nan
wheelhouse2 2,139.04nan
micht2 2,139.041.625
mak2 2,139.041.479
could2 2,139.041.368
come2 2,139.041.303
a22 23,529.411.142
aw4 4,278.071.139
in11 11,764.710.975
on8 8,556.150.773
be3 3,208.560.719
o23 24,598.930.690
fae4 4,278.070.682
wis12 12,834.220.613
afore2 2,139.040.581
we5 5,347.590.398
said2 2,139.040.346
her6 6,417.110.261
him2 2,139.040.104
as5 5,347.590.099
no2 2,139.040.084
jamsie2 2,139.04nan
you2 2,139.040.056
i6 6,417.110.046
nae3 3,208.560.040
aa2 2,139.040.026
he8 8,556.150.004
back2 2,139.040.003
doon2 2,139.040.000