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 101,604.28533.650
willie7 7,486.6356.451
dey10 10,695.1952.252
yun4 4,278.0739.422
sail4 4,278.0733.870
charlotte3 3,208.5633.801
dat7 7,486.6332.646
tide4 4,278.0731.831
shu3 3,208.5630.667
wadder3 3,208.5630.667
dir5 5,347.5929.089
wirkin4 4,278.0726.337
johnnie3 3,208.5626.294
stroods2 2,139.0424.256
filt2 2,139.0424.256
sea5 5,347.5923.355
anne3 3,208.5623.090
baa3 3,208.5622.657
convoys2 2,139.0422.532
naa2 2,139.0422.532
darkenin2 2,139.0422.532
ta6 6,417.1121.485
waves3 3,208.5621.025
hit6 6,417.1120.699
hailed2 2,139.0420.442
beach3 3,208.5620.282
du4 4,278.0719.374
sailed2 2,139.0419.087
creel2 2,139.0417.658
skipper2 2,139.0417.658
cowld2 2,139.0417.278
sam3 3,208.5617.050
trowe2 2,139.0415.102
ida2 2,139.0414.345
boats2 2,139.0414.014
taes2 2,139.0413.859
muckle6 6,417.1113.706
wind3 3,208.5613.663
fur10 10,695.1913.266
aff7 7,486.6312.868
gale2 2,139.0412.686
ower9 9,625.6712.580
his15 16,042.7811.844
whin3 3,208.5611.370
set4 4,278.0710.665
sees2 2,139.0410.263
roond3 3,208.5610.259
herd2 2,139.0410.031
boys2 2,139.049.709
an40 42,780.759.568
dere2 2,139.049.459
geordie2 2,139.049.049
licht3 3,208.569.025
dan2 2,139.048.416
waitin2 2,139.048.070
tae9 9,625.677.760
feelin2 2,139.047.328
boy2 2,139.047.095
cam4 4,278.077.048
point2 2,139.047.045
warm2 2,139.046.972
dem2 2,139.046.948
peerie2 2,139.046.853
lik3 3,208.566.545
voice2 2,139.046.082
white2 2,139.045.567
wan3 3,208.565.548
lang4 4,278.075.466
fell2 2,139.045.322
turn2 2,139.045.108
lobsters2 2,139.04nan
wid4 4,278.075.021
feet2 2,139.044.844
mind3 3,208.564.240
how2 2,139.043.545
saw2 2,139.043.545
let2 2,139.043.482
hed2 2,139.043.307
wey3 3,208.563.175
wi12 12,834.223.025
s3 3,208.563.018
heid3 3,208.562.963
up7 7,486.632.562
dis2 2,139.042.435
day4 4,278.071.946
oot7 7,486.631.945
richt3 3,208.561.925
twa3 3,208.561.775
een2 2,139.041.714
mak2 2,139.041.531
could2 2,139.041.368
come2 2,139.041.305
jamsie2 2,139.04nan
a22 23,529.411.170
aw4 4,278.071.095
in11 11,764.710.967
on8 8,556.150.803
o23 24,598.930.721
fae4 4,278.070.648
wis12 12,834.220.626
afore2 2,139.040.616
itill2 2,139.04nan
be3 3,208.560.716
we5 5,347.590.415
said2 2,139.040.339
her6 6,417.110.284
him2 2,139.040.100
no2 2,139.040.094
as5 5,347.590.090
wheelhouse2 2,139.04nan
micht2 2,139.041.654
nae3 3,208.560.043
aa2 2,139.040.041
you2 2,139.040.038
i6 6,417.110.035
back2 2,139.040.003
he8 8,556.150.002
doon2 2,139.040.000