A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sandison, Iris

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,253
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 355
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.53
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, he, o, peerie, a, grice, i, dey, wi,

List of texts in corpus

Da Tree Peerie Grice
Shetland For Wirds (2002) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as weans (1,253 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
da103 82,202.71534.260
peerie32 25,538.71271.364
dey19 15,163.61112.861
wolf10 7,980.8596.427
blaain8 6,384.6890.332
ta17 13,567.4485.684
hoose16 12,769.3557.226
grice26 20,750.20nan
du9 7,182.7652.992
widd5 3,990.4247.417
he39 31,125.3044.082
dir7 5,586.5941.445
muckle13 10,375.1040.992
upo5 3,990.4239.261
geng5 3,990.4238.629
stray4 3,192.3437.782
scaar3 2,394.2533.629
daal3 2,394.2533.629
fine10 7,980.8532.821
could11 8,778.9332.373
ertie3 2,394.2532.044
mylk3 2,394.2532.044
fell7 5,586.5931.290
dem6 4,788.5130.218
enyoch3 2,394.2529.781
hed8 6,384.6828.773
dat7 5,586.5928.709
weekit7 5,586.59nan
hill6 4,788.5128.659
tree6 4,788.5127.830
joost4 3,192.3427.483
lowrie3 2,394.2527.483
laeve3 2,394.2527.483
so11 8,778.9327.235
tink4 3,192.3425.564
feth3 2,394.2524.943
caald3 2,394.2524.544
med4 3,192.3423.656
plaese2 1,596.1723.085
stanes4 3,192.3422.535
makk4 3,192.3422.535
hit7 5,586.5922.361
jeemie3 2,394.2522.061
door8 6,384.6821.437
clods2 1,596.1721.361
aert2 1,596.1721.361
waarm3 2,394.2521.346
knockit2 1,596.1720.178
bigg3 2,394.2519.781
biggin4 3,192.3419.555
feenished3 2,394.2519.448
makkin5 3,990.4219.341
till6 4,788.5117.862
lowin2 1,596.1717.383
puddin2 1,596.1717.383
yon6 4,788.5117.257
wirna2 1,596.1716.492
tae9 7,182.7616.227
daek2 1,596.1716.112
a'm4 3,192.3415.454
boannie2 1,596.1715.447
dis6 4,788.5115.304
said9 7,182.7615.277
sweet3 2,394.2515.257
third3 2,394.2515.179
wir6 4,788.5115.014
alane3 2,394.2514.879
i20 15,961.6914.568
does3 2,394.2514.525
soo2 1,596.1714.155
moarnin2 1,596.1714.155
dan3 2,394.2513.298
ya3 2,394.2513.135
set5 3,990.4212.719
dee4 3,192.3412.435
took4 3,192.3411.815
doon10 7,980.8511.607
showed2 1,596.1711.424
weet3 2,394.2511.295
started3 2,394.2511.182
lum2 1,596.1710.730
me12 9,577.029.980
whin3 2,394.259.730
inside3 2,394.259.536
an50 39,904.239.179
wye4 3,192.349.007
wrocht2 1,596.178.633
latt3 2,394.25nan
awa6 4,788.517.725
come5 3,990.427.693
pick2 1,596.177.567
laek2 1,596.177.134
second2 1,596.177.033
as16 12,769.357.009
opened2 1,596.176.968
shö2 1,596.176.904
comin3 2,394.256.701
piece2 1,596.176.658
wi18 14,365.526.394
lang5 3,990.426.307
simmer2 1,596.176.163
wisna3 2,394.255.997
o38 30,327.215.216
cam4 3,192.345.200
blue2 1,596.175.011
fur8 6,384.684.939
ever2 1,596.174.705
ower7 5,586.594.476
time6 4,788.514.314
sat2 1,596.174.268
fire2 1,596.173.976
meshie2 1,596.17nan
is3 2,394.253.794
ee2 1,596.173.792
quilkit2 1,596.17nan
on3 2,394.253.747
bed2 1,596.173.665
didna3 2,394.253.643
shün2 1,596.17nan
guid4 3,192.343.611
noo5 3,990.423.104
him7 5,586.593.094
een3 2,394.253.035
afore4 3,192.343.008
his12 9,577.022.773
heard2 1,596.172.712
best2 1,596.172.442
some4 3,192.342.149
back5 3,990.421.791
in14 11,173.181.756
wid3 2,394.251.472
hae5 3,990.421.221
a31 24,740.620.963
new2 1,596.170.877
but3 2,394.250.865
brünnie2 1,596.17nan
aboot6 4,788.511.188
yalled2 1,596.17nan
ony2 1,596.170.896
aetmael2 1,596.17nan
weel3 2,394.251.282
mak2 1,596.170.848
bridder's2 1,596.17nan
up9 7,182.762.936
nae2 1,596.170.817
wis16 12,769.350.801
tak2 1,596.170.759
first2 1,596.170.537
can3 2,394.250.526
at10 7,980.850.453
see3 2,394.250.427
aa3 2,394.250.185
mair2 1,596.170.132
get2 1,596.170.071
aff2 1,596.170.071
you2 1,596.170.049
no3 2,394.250.029
be6 4,788.510.016
oot5 3,990.420.015
if2 1,596.170.004
by2 1,596.170.002