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 76,923.08482.211
dey16 12,820.5189.537
wir19 15,224.3687.597
yun6 4,807.6960.582
we29 23,237.1854.589
spaek7 5,608.9753.525
hit12 9,615.3850.392
idda4 3,205.1346.194
wye11 8,814.1044.922
at32 25,641.0341.009
apö4 3,205.1334.306
i28 22,435.9034.128
de5 4,006.4132.829
dem6 4,807.6930.094
röf3 2,403.8529.795
fokk4 3,205.1329.521
dat7 5,608.9728.694
fir9 7,211.5427.995
me18 14,423.0826.635
ship4 3,205.1325.582
mesel3 2,403.8524.957
du5 4,006.4123.282
fiddles2 1,602.5620.188
curse3 2,403.8519.626
waves3 2,403.8519.301
dir4 3,205.1319.162
could8 6,410.2618.979
wid9 7,211.5418.778
wind4 3,205.1318.403
eftir4 3,205.1318.166
engleesh2 1,602.5617.927
an58 46,474.3617.589
sky4 3,205.1317.393
staandin2 1,602.5617.393
earl2 1,602.5617.393
gym2 1,602.5616.501
laeve2 1,602.5616.121
brawly2 1,602.5615.456
waar2 1,602.5615.456
juist7 5,608.9714.691
you10 8,012.8214.427
sunny2 1,602.5613.950
don4 3,205.1313.735
ivry2 1,602.5613.027
bluid3 2,403.8512.939
wirsels2 1,602.5612.282
as19 15,224.3611.969
peerie3 2,403.8510.836
shore2 1,602.5610.831
watter4 3,205.1310.745
appeared2 1,602.5610.477
tell5 4,006.4110.364
accent2 1,602.5610.000
den2 1,602.569.927
saa2 1,602.569.783
up13 10,416.679.570
wis25 20,032.059.427
startit2 1,602.569.259
hall2 1,602.568.910
pat2 1,602.568.910
steps2 1,602.568.800
run3 2,403.858.796
lik4 3,205.138.713
sam2 1,602.568.642
were6 4,807.698.044
realised2 1,602.567.855
finally2 1,602.567.499
athin2 1,602.567.176
in9 7,211.547.130
and2 1,602.566.923
light2 1,602.566.818
stories2 1,602.566.696
mooth2 1,602.566.696
end3 2,403.856.258
hear3 2,403.856.245
an'under3 2,403.85nan
skeens3 2,403.85nan
tongue2 1,602.566.046
a23 18,429.495.880
gae2 1,602.565.809
een4 3,205.135.696
human2 1,602.565.696
isna2 1,602.565.545
guillotine2 1,602.56nan
did4 3,205.135.259
middle2 1,602.565.242
back7 5,608.975.208
maks2 1,602.565.056
haed4 3,205.134.880
only3 2,403.854.728
bairns3 2,403.854.700
turned2 1,602.564.649
last3 2,403.854.556
fae8 6,410.264.422
time6 4,807.694.388
haein2 1,602.564.290
ahint2 1,602.564.248
aa6 4,807.693.877
s4 3,205.133.814
feet2 1,602.563.788
fine3 2,403.853.688
whan4 3,205.133.224
door3 2,403.853.165
made3 2,403.853.113
but9 7,211.542.847
hoose3 2,403.852.277
while2 1,602.562.257
guid3 2,403.851.673
his4 3,205.131.666
dis2 1,602.561.609
so3 2,403.851.545
o32 25,641.031.447
intae4 3,205.131.350
didna2 1,602.561.307
weel3 2,403.851.292
oot8 6,410.261.251
afore3 2,403.851.206
on5 4,006.411.094
kent2 1,602.561.014
aboot2 1,602.560.964
even2 1,602.560.939
ony2 1,602.560.815
cam2 1,602.560.815
tak2 1,602.560.738
wi7 5,608.970.658
language2 1,602.560.652
ay3 2,403.850.611
if3 2,403.850.577
whit4 3,205.130.555
it12 9,615.380.521
nae5 4,006.410.520
see3 2,403.850.438
be8 6,410.260.431
lang2 1,602.560.359
hae4 3,205.130.357
tae24 19,230.770.307
doon2 1,602.560.195
or5 4,006.410.187
awa2 1,602.560.141
mair2 1,602.560.138
get2 1,602.560.086
day2 1,602.560.073
twa2 1,602.560.060
been2 1,602.560.038
ower3 2,403.850.014
is8 6,410.260.012
noo2 1,602.560.000