A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sinclair, Lise

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 259
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 164
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.579
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, a, wis, ida, on, heem, t, aes,

List of texts in corpus

Juist laek Maunna
Shetland For Wirds (2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (176 words)

Fauld up da Feddoms
Shetland For Wirds (01-01-2006) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (83 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
da22 84,942.08114.807
ida5 19,305.0258.532
heem3 11,583.0137.614
annidder2 7,722.0129.392
nu2 7,722.0129.392
spuin2 7,722.0126.482
duys2 7,722.01nan
sails2 7,722.0122.784
laek3 11,583.0122.298
aes3 11,583.01nan
silver2 7,722.0117.895
weeks2 7,722.0113.164
dark2 7,722.0112.669
duy3 11,583.01nan
t3 11,583.0110.872
shugger2 7,722.01nan
fer2 7,722.019.355
dey2 7,722.019.128
wir2 7,722.016.692
on5 19,305.024.646
ain2 7,722.014.546
ll2 7,722.014.358
efter2 7,722.014.352
tae2 7,722.013.079
we3 11,583.012.486
wis5 19,305.021.703
an10 38,610.041.518
o8 30,888.031.174
up2 7,722.010.784
but2 7,722.010.764
s3 11,583.010.523
i2 7,722.010.138
wi2 7,722.010.002
meyn2 7,722.01nan
a8 30,888.030.025
nauthin2 7,722.01nan
dat2 7,722.019.407
sitht2 7,722.01nan
new2 7,722.015.699