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 21,645.02106.491
hur5 10,822.5159.019
hir8 17,316.0250.202
hillside4 8,658.0147.385
son6 12,987.0140.884
wan6 12,987.0126.636
watchan2 4,329.0023.256
lukk2 4,329.0021.899
herd3 6,493.5121.379
ale2 4,329.0020.468
kit2 4,329.0020.086
siccan2 4,329.0018.847
men4 8,658.0118.073
below2 4,329.0017.505
oan6 12,987.0116.390
eyes3 6,493.5116.217
own2 4,329.0015.146
green3 6,493.5114.805
awey2 4,329.0014.750
they9 19,480.5214.745
shore2 4,329.0014.656
up8 17,316.0211.701
grund2 4,329.0011.253
press2 4,329.0011.177
bit6 12,987.019.844
an3 6,493.519.610
fae6 12,987.019.216
hill2 4,329.009.050
hid4 8,658.018.028
could3 6,493.517.172
hoose3 6,493.516.870
git2 4,329.006.747
their4 8,658.016.588
watter2 4,329.006.467
gang2 4,329.006.143
so3 6,493.515.833
wid3 6,493.515.713
oot6 12,987.015.456
bi3 6,493.515.425
keep2 4,329.005.362
far2 4,329.005.046
days2 4,329.005.040
place2 4,329.004.877
gaed2 4,329.004.481
didna2 4,329.004.287
aalweys2 4,329.00nan
tae18 38,961.045.438
them3 6,493.513.937
see3 6,493.513.893
noo3 6,493.513.871
even2 4,329.003.753
mak2 4,329.003.554
time3 6,493.513.425
wis9 19,480.523.141
and6 12,987.012.202
fur3 6,493.511.973
birsay2 4,329.00nan
for5 10,822.511.717
intae2 4,329.001.331
he2 4,329.001.280
been2 4,329.001.134
day2 4,329.001.017
her4 8,658.010.904
back2 4,329.000.882
doon2 4,329.000.783
whit2 4,329.000.782
o12 25,974.030.605
wi5 10,822.510.602
at2 4,329.000.365
huntlin2 4,329.00nan
the24 51,948.050.355
liveen2 4,329.00nan
in6 12,987.010.216
a12 25,974.030.178