A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Nicholson, Hannah

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,248
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 473
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.638
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, at, we, i, wis, tae, a, wir,

List of texts in corpus

Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken
Doric Books (2023-02-20 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (207 words)
Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies
Eemis Stane (2022-05-06 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (210 words)
Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi
Leopard Arts (2021-10) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (493 words)

Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle
Leopard Arts (2021-10) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (173 words)

Da Wye At I Spaek
self-published (2021-09-18) in Shetland (Brae) dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (165 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
da96 76,923.08482.677
dey16 12,820.5189.603
wir19 15,224.3687.976
yun6 4,807.6960.607
we29 23,237.1854.912
spaek7 5,608.9753.554
hit12 9,615.3850.634
idda4 3,205.1346.211
wye11 8,814.1045.285
at32 25,641.0341.284
apö4 3,205.1334.323
i28 22,435.9033.634
de5 4,006.4132.850
dem6 4,807.6930.119
röf3 2,403.8529.808
fokk4 3,205.1329.537
dat7 5,608.9728.722
fir9 7,211.5428.030
me18 14,423.0825.659
ship4 3,205.1325.446
mesel3 2,403.8524.969
du5 4,006.4123.302
fiddles2 1,602.5620.196
curse3 2,403.8519.474
waves3 2,403.8519.314
dir4 3,205.1319.178
could8 6,410.2618.976
wid9 7,211.5418.878
wind4 3,205.1318.241
eftir4 3,205.1318.183
an58 46,474.3618.160
engleesh2 1,602.5617.936
sky4 3,205.1317.409
staandin2 1,602.5617.401
earl2 1,602.5617.401
gym2 1,602.5616.509
laeve2 1,602.5616.129
waar2 1,602.5615.783
brawly2 1,602.5615.170
juist7 5,608.9714.922
sunny2 1,602.5613.959
you10 8,012.8213.939
ivry2 1,602.5613.756
don4 3,205.1313.474
an'under3 2,403.85nan
bluid3 2,403.8512.951
wirsels2 1,602.5612.290
as19 15,224.3612.117
shore2 1,602.5610.933
peerie3 2,403.8510.847
watter4 3,205.1310.800
appeared2 1,602.5610.485
tell5 4,006.4110.382
accent2 1,602.569.935
den2 1,602.569.935
saa2 1,602.569.791
up13 10,416.679.642
startit2 1,602.569.520
wis25 20,032.059.491
steps2 1,602.569.088
pat2 1,602.568.918
run3 2,403.858.807
hall2 1,602.568.755
lik4 3,205.138.728
sam2 1,602.568.650
were6 4,807.698.064
realised2 1,602.567.990
finally2 1,602.567.545
athin2 1,602.567.219
in9 7,211.547.105
and2 1,602.567.001
light2 1,602.566.826
stories2 1,602.566.587
mooth2 1,602.566.558
hear3 2,403.856.378
end3 2,403.856.351
tongue2 1,602.566.005
a23 18,429.495.951
gae2 1,602.565.816
een4 3,205.135.775
human2 1,602.565.771
isna2 1,602.565.573
did4 3,205.135.212
middle2 1,602.565.211
back7 5,608.975.198
maks2 1,602.565.063
turned2 1,602.564.956
only3 2,403.854.794
bairns3 2,403.854.711
last3 2,403.854.557
guillotine2 1,602.56nan
haed4 3,205.134.947
time6 4,807.694.335
fae8 6,410.264.312
haein2 1,602.564.312
ahint2 1,602.564.269
aa6 4,807.694.099
s4 3,205.134.033
feet2 1,602.563.831
fine3 2,403.853.683
whan4 3,205.133.263
door3 2,403.853.222
made3 2,403.853.088
but9 7,211.542.781
hoose3 2,403.852.362
while2 1,602.562.321
guid3 2,403.851.642
dis2 1,602.561.623
his4 3,205.131.621
so3 2,403.851.549
o32 25,641.031.498
skeens3 2,403.85nan
didna2 1,602.561.335
weel3 2,403.851.296
intae4 3,205.131.292
afore3 2,403.851.265
oot8 6,410.261.241
on5 4,006.411.058
kent2 1,602.561.049
aboot2 1,602.560.941
even2 1,602.560.930
ony2 1,602.560.903
cam2 1,602.560.814
tak2 1,602.560.766
language2 1,602.560.654
wi7 5,608.970.623
ay3 2,403.850.616
it12 9,615.380.564
if3 2,403.850.535
nae5 4,006.410.530
whit4 3,205.130.528
see3 2,403.850.435
be8 6,410.260.433
lang2 1,602.560.370
hae4 3,205.130.366
tae24 19,230.770.287
or5 4,006.410.213
doon2 1,602.560.199
awa2 1,602.560.161
mair2 1,602.560.127
day2 1,602.560.081
get2 1,602.560.074
twa2 1,602.560.065
been2 1,602.560.041
ower3 2,403.850.017
is8 6,410.260.012
noo2 1,602.560.000