A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

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 84,942.08114.914
ida5 19,305.0258.553
heem3 11,583.0137.627
annidder2 7,722.0129.401
nu2 7,722.0129.401
spuin2 7,722.0126.491
duys2 7,722.01nan
sails2 7,722.0122.793
laek3 11,583.0122.310
aes3 11,583.01nan
silver2 7,722.0117.788
weeks2 7,722.0113.069
dark2 7,722.0112.803
duy3 11,583.01nan
t3 11,583.0110.957
shugger2 7,722.01nan
fer2 7,722.019.632
dey2 7,722.019.136
wir2 7,722.016.731
on5 19,305.024.691
ain2 7,722.014.553
efter2 7,722.014.321
ll2 7,722.014.277
tae2 7,722.013.053
we3 11,583.012.513
wis5 19,305.021.715
an10 38,610.041.592
o8 30,888.031.196
up2 7,722.010.793
but2 7,722.010.749
s3 11,583.010.480
i2 7,722.010.127
wi2 7,722.010.003
meyn2 7,722.01nan
a8 30,888.030.023
nauthin2 7,722.01nan
dat2 7,722.019.415
sitht2 7,722.01nan
new2 7,722.015.688