A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Tait, Ruth

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 462
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 231
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, tae, a, o, sheu, they, wis, up, hir, and,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (462 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 21,645.02106.501
hir8 17,316.0250.210
hillside4 8,658.0148.348
hur5 10,822.5140.587
son6 12,987.0140.542
wan6 12,987.0126.381
watchan2 4,329.0023.258
lukk2 4,329.0021.901
herd3 6,493.5121.382
ale2 4,329.0020.470
kit2 4,329.0020.088
siccan2 4,329.0018.591
men4 8,658.0117.951
below2 4,329.0017.507
oan6 12,987.0116.111
eyes3 6,493.5115.793
own2 4,329.0015.045
green3 6,493.5114.862
they9 19,480.5214.824
shore2 4,329.0014.751
awey2 4,329.0014.751
up8 17,316.0211.767
grund2 4,329.0011.217
press2 4,329.0011.142
bit6 12,987.019.856
an3 6,493.519.433
fae6 12,987.019.119
hill2 4,329.009.073
hid4 8,658.018.103
could3 6,493.517.187
hoose3 6,493.516.977
git2 4,329.006.782
their4 8,658.016.627
watter2 4,329.006.490
gang2 4,329.006.154
so3 6,493.515.836
wid3 6,493.515.737
oot6 12,987.015.447
bi3 6,493.515.427
keep2 4,329.005.356
far2 4,329.005.157
place2 4,329.004.924
days2 4,329.004.911
gaed2 4,329.004.499
didna2 4,329.004.320
aalweys2 4,329.00nan
tae18 38,961.045.494
them3 6,493.513.958
see3 6,493.513.884
noo3 6,493.513.844
even2 4,329.003.734
mak2 4,329.003.617
time3 6,493.513.387
wis9 19,480.523.150
and6 12,987.012.157
fur3 6,493.511.916
birsay2 4,329.00nan
for5 10,822.511.760
intae2 4,329.001.296
he2 4,329.001.244
been2 4,329.001.123
day2 4,329.000.996
her4 8,658.010.933
back2 4,329.000.884
doon2 4,329.000.776
whit2 4,329.000.763
wi5 10,822.510.624
o12 25,974.030.617
at2 4,329.000.353
huntlin2 4,329.00nan
the24 51,948.050.343
liveen2 4,329.00nan
in6 12,987.010.215
a12 25,974.030.186