Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Miller, Alison

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 2,125
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 871
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.44
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, tae, an, in, his, and, i, for,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (137 words)
The Point o Tinsal
Dictionaries of the Scots Language (2021-11-30) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (375 words)

Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums
Orkney Voices (2021-11-17 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (846 words)
Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (767 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
he'll	11	5,176.47	92.198
wae	22	10,352.94	73.296
aal	13	6,117.65	70.352
orkney	10	4,705.88	67.768
feyther	6	2,823.53	62.947
owld	7	3,294.12	60.118
orcadian	7	3,294.12	50.614
hid	21	9,882.35	46.933
yir	10	4,705.88	45.370
fokk	6	2,823.53	41.374
thowt	5	2,352.94	40.148
ferly	4	1,882.35	40.043
voices	5	2,352.94	33.106
haeve	3	1,411.76	32.697
don't	5	2,352.94	29.875
thir	10	4,705.88	29.357
spaek	5	2,352.94	28.500
david	5	2,352.94	28.319
vowels	3	1,411.76	27.648
collection	4	1,882.35	25.333
wid	13	6,117.65	23.543
he's	5	2,352.94	22.975
wirds	8	3,764.71	22.393
you'll	3	1,411.76	21.802
eday	2	941.18	20.979
bulder	2	941.18	20.979
beuy	2	941.18	20.979
aer	2	941.18	20.979
rashy	2	941.18	20.979
s	2	941.18	19.879
chist	3	1,411.76	18.689
funny	4	1,882.35	18.647
wis	5	2,352.94	18.580
write	5	2,352.94	18.363
wark	7	3,294.12	18.322
chield	2	941.18	18.076
lightsome	2	941.18	18.076
different	6	2,823.53	17.285
no	18	8,470.59	17.270
snipe	2	941.18	17.172
his	29	13,647.06	17.008
hoo	6	2,823.53	16.763
wear	3	1,411.76	16.507
windered	2	941.18	16.438
sanday	2	941.18	16.438
sittan	2	941.18	16.438
it	8	3,764.71	16.108
lukk	2	941.18	15.821
wi	3	1,411.76	15.725
whaar	3	1,411.76	15.455
swords	2	941.18	15.288
shae	5	2,352.94	15.222
mackay	2	941.18	14.818
light	4	1,882.35	14.676
ebb	2	941.18	14.399
thinkan	2	941.18	14.399
closs	2	941.18	14.021
faer	2	941.18	14.021
george	3	1,411.76	13.803
nah	2	941.18	13.676
yarn	2	941.18	13.676
haad	2	941.18	13.676
burden	2	941.18	13.359
wey	9	4,235.29	13.197
hap	2	941.18	13.066
fix	2	941.18	12.794
sometheen	2	941.18	12.540
buddy	2	941.18	12.301
neebour	2	941.18	12.301
thee	3	1,411.76	12.216
paet	2	941.18	11.662
too	4	1,882.35	11.624
sometimes	3	1,411.76	11.568
will	8	3,764.71	11.418
what	6	2,823.53	11.238
though	5	2,352.94	10.955
for	25	11,764.71	10.932
i	26	12,235.29	10.875
more	3	1,411.76	10.638
spaell	4	1,882.35	nan
birth	2	941.18	10.490
and	28	13,176.47	10.479
wird	4	1,882.35	10.259
writer	2	941.18	10.080
roses	2	941.18	10.080
wrong	2	941.18	10.080
hand	3	1,411.76	9.947
meenit	3	1,411.76	9.848
wan	6	2,823.53	9.831
kep	2	941.18	9.596
wir	6	2,823.53	9.587
brown	2	941.18	9.484
dark	3	1,411.76	9.294
own	2	941.18	9.067
weys	3	1,411.76	8.756
luk	2	941.18	8.693
gret	2	941.18	8.605
you	11	5,176.47	8.419
burst	2	941.18	8.353
peedie	2	941.18	8.195
writers	2	941.18	8.043
veerie-orums	3	1,411.76	nan
quarry	2	941.18	8.273
lad	3	1,411.76	7.829
taks	3	1,411.76	7.797
fence	2	941.18	7.757
winter	3	1,411.76	7.733
i'm	3	1,411.76	7.701
loons	2	941.18	7.492
john	4	1,882.35	7.483
teen	3	1,411.76	7.337
fields	2	941.18	7.306
a'm	3	1,411.76	7.027
me	15	7,058.82	6.928
pat	2	941.18	6.853
are	8	3,764.71	6.716
doon	11	5,176.47	6.401
hole	2	941.18	6.360
sheep	2	941.18	5.929
weel	7	3,294.12	5.600
soonds	2	941.18	5.548
widna	2	941.18	5.442
fire	3	1,411.76	5.331
shae'll	3	1,411.76	nan
might	2	941.18	4.871
piece	2	941.18	4.702
forbye	2	941.18	4.648
that's	3	1,411.76	4.566
well	3	1,411.76	4.491
think	5	2,352.94	4.476
reid	2	941.18	4.317
hope	2	941.18	4.269
canna	3	1,411.76	4.234
on	21	9,882.35	4.124
point	2	941.18	4.107
glims	3	1,411.76	nan
soond	2	941.18	4.063
deep	2	941.18	3.997
cut	2	941.18	3.871
o	57	26,823.53	3.803
tinsal	3	1,411.76	nan
burn	2	941.18	3.810
since	2	941.18	3.790
tea	2	941.18	3.770
fae	11	5,176.47	3.495
hiv	3	1,411.76	3.407
group	2	941.18	3.399
never	3	1,411.76	3.364
or	12	5,647.06	3.111
inside	2	941.18	3.089
spaelleen	2	941.18	nan
right	3	1,411.76	3.494
bonny	2	941.18	2.998
story	2	941.18	2.969
door	4	1,882.35	2.952
nivver	2	941.18	2.940
go	3	1,411.76	2.911
very	2	941.18	2.897
we	4	1,882.35	2.875
like	10	4,705.88	2.770
cashielaas	2	941.18	nan
at	8	3,764.71	2.732
feyther's	2	941.18	nan
gae	2	941.18	3.912
roond	2	941.18	2.591
through	3	1,411.76	2.388
hert	2	941.18	2.310
vikeen	2	941.18	nan
shurely	2	941.18	nan
pilliewinks	2	941.18	nan
dry	2	941.18	2.566
marwick's	2	941.18	nan
some	6	2,823.53	2.416
yet	2	941.18	2.235
great	2	941.18	2.034
plaece'	2	941.18	nan
thing	3	1,411.76	2.025
ower	2	941.18	2.021
afore	5	2,352.94	1.995
an	44	20,705.88	1.976
been	7	3,294.12	1.966
language	4	1,882.35	1.952
dae	5	2,352.94	1.849
gousters	2	941.18	nan
he	13	6,117.65	1.807
aiggs	2	941.18	nan
say	4	1,882.35	1.796
him	9	4,235.29	1.700
got	4	1,882.35	1.615
oot	13	6,117.65	1.614
to	5	2,352.94	1.610
but	5	2,352.94	1.553
didna	3	1,411.76	1.546
says	3	1,411.76	1.526
hear	2	941.18	1.420
as	9	4,235.29	1.356
there	3	1,411.76	1.347
intae	6	2,823.53	1.275
heard	2	941.18	1.260
let	2	941.18	1.132
so	4	1,882.35	1.080
when	4	1,882.35	0.998
new	3	1,411.76	0.946
ither	4	1,882.35	0.926
mak	3	1,411.76	0.908
fellowship	2	941.18	nan
folk	2	941.18	1.126
clouston	2	941.18	nan
words	2	941.18	2.132
her	14	6,588.24	0.817
tak	3	1,411.76	0.792
tailoreen	2	941.18	nan
set	2	941.18	0.795
haed	3	1,411.76	0.744
noo	2	941.18	0.705
only	2	941.18	0.700
tae	51	24,000.00	0.668
they	6	2,823.53	0.662
hoose	3	1,411.76	0.657
three	2	941.18	0.652
pit	3	1,411.76	0.597
mither	2	941.18	0.560
same	2	941.18	0.505
waether	2	941.18	nan
aye	2	941.18	0.384
whit	6	2,823.53	0.372
a	67	31,529.41	0.365
heid	3	1,411.76	0.358
said	2	941.18	0.327
fine	2	941.18	0.303
telt	2	941.18	0.293
aboot	5	2,352.94	0.289
had	2	941.18	0.270
is	15	7,058.82	0.265
get	2	941.18	0.250
than	3	1,411.76	0.237
ken	2	941.18	0.186
efter	3	1,411.76	0.151
by	4	1,882.35	0.148
their	3	1,411.76	0.108
see	4	1,882.35	0.098
up	9	4,235.29	0.088
ll	2	941.18	0.072
cam	2	941.18	0.061
here	2	941.18	0.051
that	22	10,352.94	0.050
be	10	4,705.88	0.047
them	3	1,411.76	0.039
in	34	16,000.00	0.025
then	2	941.18	0.021
can	3	1,411.76	0.019
the	125	58,823.53	0.014
muckle	2	941.18	0.013
twa	3	1,411.76	0.010
this	8	3,764.71	0.002
haes	2	941.18	0.000
gmb	2	941.18	nan
day	2	941.18	1.366