A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sclater, Kathryn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 536
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.881
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, sheu, tae, stone, hid, o, he, in,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Five Signs
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (279 words)
Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (257 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
sheu10 18,656.72103.496
stone8 14,925.3789.195
hid's5 9,328.3655.183
buddy5 9,328.3651.701
whar6 11,194.0343.405
cat6 11,194.0338.365
whit's5 9,328.3638.185
wrong4 7,462.6936.260
liv3 5,597.0135.893
yu3 5,597.0130.450
hiv6 11,194.0328.514
milk4 7,462.6926.723
hoo5 9,328.3625.209
hid8 14,925.3723.735
battle3 5,597.0123.051
plaid2 3,731.3422.662
chapel2 3,731.3421.305
mole2 3,731.3420.296
lass3 5,597.0119.035
cowld2 3,731.3418.825
dis5 9,328.3618.748
din2 3,731.3418.254
dae6 11,194.0316.280
sink2 3,731.3415.913
disna3 5,597.0115.520
cloot2 3,731.3415.116
built2 3,731.3414.662
yi3 5,597.0114.241
luk2 3,731.3414.067
wan4 7,462.6913.565
and12 22,388.0612.408
signs2 3,731.3411.621
daes2 3,731.3411.204
wae4 7,462.6910.964
heavy2 3,731.3410.909
a30 55,970.1510.717
thir3 5,597.019.765
fear2 3,731.349.614
keep3 5,597.019.437
er2 3,731.349.256
boy2 3,731.349.230
hivan3 5,597.01nan
since2 3,731.348.907
burn2 3,731.348.813
each2 3,731.348.523
a'm2 3,731.348.254
whin2 3,731.348.060
fine3 5,597.017.864
five2 3,731.347.859
who2 3,731.346.882
me6 11,194.036.559
feel2 3,731.345.668
left2 3,731.344.404
whit4 7,462.694.255
the22 41,044.783.234
you3 5,597.012.737
that2 3,731.342.702
so2 3,731.342.155
i6 11,194.032.051
efter2 3,731.342.045
o7 13,059.701.742
aff2 3,731.341.579
bit3 5,597.011.425
by2 3,731.341.172
see2 3,731.341.105
noo2 3,731.341.094
he7 13,059.700.995
at2 3,731.340.726
or3 5,597.010.722
tae9 16,791.040.601
this3 5,597.010.391
there2 3,731.340.250
her2 3,731.340.240
in7 13,059.700.237
fae2 3,731.340.170
is4 7,462.690.137
wis6 11,194.030.055
his3 5,597.010.002
wi4 7,462.690.000