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 82,202.71533.758
grice26 20,750.20341.556
peerie32 25,538.71271.229
dey19 15,163.61112.782
wolf10 7,980.8599.920
blaain8 6,384.6890.298
ta17 13,567.4485.615
hoose16 12,769.3556.557
du9 7,182.7652.955
widd5 3,990.4247.396
he39 31,125.3043.619
dir7 5,586.5941.416
muckle13 10,375.1040.756
upo5 3,990.4239.240
geng5 3,990.4238.608
stray4 3,192.3437.765
scaar3 2,394.2533.616
daal3 2,394.2533.616
fine10 7,980.8532.840
could11 8,778.9332.377
ertie3 2,394.2532.031
mylk3 2,394.2532.031
fell7 5,586.5931.150
dem6 4,788.5130.194
enyoch3 2,394.2529.769
hed8 6,384.6828.742
dat7 5,586.5928.681
hill6 4,788.5128.568
tree6 4,788.5127.806
lowrie3 2,394.2527.470
laeve3 2,394.2527.470
joost4 3,192.3427.466
so11 8,778.9327.212
tink4 3,192.3425.548
feth3 2,394.2524.930
caald3 2,394.2524.531
med4 3,192.3423.640
plaese2 1,596.1723.076
stanes4 3,192.3422.519
makk4 3,192.3422.519
hit7 5,586.5922.225
jeemie3 2,394.2522.048
clods2 1,596.1721.352
weekit7 5,586.59nan
aert2 1,596.1721.352
waarm3 2,394.2521.334
door8 6,384.6821.248
knockit2 1,596.1720.170
bigg3 2,394.2519.769
biggin4 3,192.3419.468
feenished3 2,394.2519.435
makkin5 3,990.4219.241
till6 4,788.5117.696
puddin2 1,596.1717.375
lowin2 1,596.1717.375
yon6 4,788.5117.167
wirna2 1,596.1716.483
tae9 7,182.7616.358
daek2 1,596.1716.103
boannie2 1,596.1715.438
a'm4 3,192.3415.438
said9 7,182.7615.349
dis6 4,788.5115.244
sweet3 2,394.2515.244
third3 2,394.2515.167
wir6 4,788.5114.903
i20 15,961.6914.870
alane3 2,394.2514.867
does3 2,394.2514.582
soo2 1,596.1714.147
moarnin2 1,596.1714.147
dan3 2,394.2513.745
ya3 2,394.2513.397
set5 3,990.4212.591
dee4 3,192.3412.368
took4 3,192.3411.660
doon10 7,980.8511.648
showed2 1,596.1711.526
weet3 2,394.2511.245
started3 2,394.2511.170
lum2 1,596.1710.632
me12 9,577.0210.536
inside3 2,394.259.662
whin3 2,394.259.662
wye4 3,192.348.888
an50 39,904.238.785
wrocht2 1,596.178.677
come5 3,990.427.686
pick2 1,596.177.598
latt3 2,394.25nan
awa6 4,788.517.548
second2 1,596.177.264
laek2 1,596.177.126
as16 12,769.356.900
opened2 1,596.176.896
shö2 1,596.176.896
comin3 2,394.256.720
piece2 1,596.176.680
wi18 14,365.526.263
lang5 3,990.426.248
simmer2 1,596.176.181
wisna3 2,394.255.837
cam4 3,192.345.202
o38 30,327.215.118
fur8 6,384.685.108
blue2 1,596.175.040
ever2 1,596.174.847
ower7 5,586.594.418
time6 4,788.514.367
sat2 1,596.174.138
fire2 1,596.173.882
on3 2,394.253.810
is3 2,394.253.805
ee2 1,596.173.762
quilkit2 1,596.17nan
bed2 1,596.173.681
guid4 3,192.343.660
meshie2 1,596.17nan
shün2 1,596.17nan
didna3 2,394.253.593
noo5 3,990.423.135
him7 5,586.593.063
een3 2,394.252.982
up9 7,182.762.900
bridder's2 1,596.17nan
heard2 1,596.172.729
his12 9,577.022.703
best2 1,596.172.463
back5 3,990.421.796
in14 11,173.181.769
wid3 2,394.251.451
weel3 2,394.251.278
hae5 3,990.421.203
brünnie2 1,596.17nan
aboot6 4,788.511.158
a31 24,740.620.934
new2 1,596.170.883
but3 2,394.250.835
nae2 1,596.170.828
ony2 1,596.170.809
mak2 1,596.170.806
yalled2 1,596.17nan
some4 3,192.342.146
aetmael2 1,596.17nan
afore4 3,192.342.910
wis16 12,769.350.783
tak2 1,596.170.732
first2 1,596.170.543
can3 2,394.250.537
at10 7,980.850.431
see3 2,394.250.430
aa3 2,394.250.146
mair2 1,596.170.143
get2 1,596.170.083
aff2 1,596.170.070
you2 1,596.170.031
no3 2,394.250.023
be6 4,788.510.016
oot5 3,990.420.014
if2 1,596.170.008
by2 1,596.170.001