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	91.438
wae	22	10,352.94	73.111
aal	13	6,117.65	69.074
orkney	10	4,705.88	67.410
feyther	6	2,823.53	62.922
owld	7	3,294.12	60.088
orcadian	7	3,294.12	50.585
hid	21	9,882.35	46.856
yir	10	4,705.88	45.330
fokk	6	2,823.53	41.349
thowt	5	2,352.94	40.127
ferly	4	1,882.35	40.026
voices	5	2,352.94	33.085
haeve	3	1,411.76	32.685
don't	5	2,352.94	29.854
thir	10	4,705.88	29.359
spaek	5	2,352.94	28.479
david	5	2,352.94	28.298
vowels	3	1,411.76	27.635
collection	4	1,882.35	24.824
wid	13	6,117.65	23.404
he's	5	2,352.94	22.753
wirds	8	3,764.71	22.363
you'll	3	1,411.76	21.790
eday	2	941.18	20.970
bulder	2	941.18	20.970
beuy	2	941.18	20.970
aer	2	941.18	20.970
rashy	2	941.18	20.970
s	2	941.18	19.310
fellowship	2	941.18	19.248
chist	3	1,411.76	18.676
wis	5	2,352.94	18.666
funny	4	1,882.35	18.631
wark	7	3,294.12	18.459
write	5	2,352.94	18.404
lightsome	2	941.18	18.067
no	18	8,470.59	17.527
different	6	2,823.53	17.263
snipe	2	941.18	17.163
his	29	13,647.06	16.766
hoo	6	2,823.53	16.740
wear	3	1,411.76	16.494
sittan	2	941.18	16.430
sanday	2	941.18	16.430
windered	2	941.18	16.430
wi	3	1,411.76	15.920
it	8	3,764.71	15.838
lukk	2	941.18	15.812
whaar	3	1,411.76	15.442
shae	5	2,352.94	15.202
mackay	2	941.18	14.810
light	4	1,882.35	14.660
swords	2	941.18	14.391
thinkan	2	941.18	14.391
ebb	2	941.18	14.391
closs	2	941.18	14.013
faer	2	941.18	14.013
george	3	1,411.76	13.894
yarn	2	941.18	13.668
haad	2	941.18	13.668
nah	2	941.18	13.668
burden	2	941.18	13.668
wey	9	4,235.29	13.096
hap	2	941.18	13.058
fix	2	941.18	12.786
sometheen	2	941.18	12.531
neebour	2	941.18	12.293
buddy	2	941.18	12.293
thee	3	1,411.76	12.204
too	4	1,882.35	11.887
sometimes	3	1,411.76	11.764
paet	2	941.18	11.654
will	8	3,764.71	11.504
i	26	12,235.29	11.195
what	6	2,823.53	11.158
though	5	2,352.94	11.061
for	25	11,764.71	10.655
and	28	13,176.47	10.649
spaell	4	1,882.35	nan
more	3	1,411.76	10.626
birth	2	941.18	10.481
wird	4	1,882.35	10.244
wan	6	2,823.53	10.131
writer	2	941.18	10.072
roses	2	941.18	10.072
wrong	2	941.18	10.072
hand	3	1,411.76	9.837
meenit	3	1,411.76	9.788
kep	2	941.18	9.588
wir	6	2,823.53	9.487
brown	2	941.18	9.476
own	2	941.18	9.159
dark	3	1,411.76	9.111
you	11	5,176.47	8.865
weys	3	1,411.76	8.705
luk	2	941.18	8.685
burst	2	941.18	8.427
veerie-orums	3	1,411.76	nan
gret	2	941.18	8.597
quarry	2	941.18	8.265
peedie	2	941.18	8.187
writers	2	941.18	8.035
lad	3	1,411.76	7.883
fence	2	941.18	7.818
winter	3	1,411.76	7.722
taks	3	1,411.76	7.722
i'm	3	1,411.76	7.722
john	4	1,882.35	7.528
me	15	7,058.82	7.495
loons	2	941.18	7.484
teen	3	1,411.76	7.326
fields	2	941.18	7.238
a'm	3	1,411.76	7.016
are	8	3,764.71	6.976
pat	2	941.18	6.845
doon	11	5,176.47	6.437
hole	2	941.18	6.352
sheep	2	941.18	5.922
weel	7	3,294.12	5.589
soonds	2	941.18	5.541
widna	2	941.18	5.470
fire	3	1,411.76	5.194
shae'll	3	1,411.76	nan
might	2	941.18	4.982
piece	2	941.18	4.722
forbye	2	941.18	4.668
well	3	1,411.76	4.632
that's	3	1,411.76	4.526
think	5	2,352.94	4.445
hope	2	941.18	4.334
reid	2	941.18	4.285
canna	3	1,411.76	4.225
deep	2	941.18	4.078
point	2	941.18	4.078
soond	2	941.18	4.056
on	21	9,882.35	4.018
gae	2	941.18	3.905
glims	3	1,411.76	nan
tinsal	3	1,411.76	nan
since	2	941.18	3.885
cut	2	941.18	3.843
burn	2	941.18	3.803
tea	2	941.18	3.743
o	57	26,823.53	3.697
fae	11	5,176.47	3.620
right	3	1,411.76	3.507
feyther's	2	941.18	nan
never	3	1,411.76	3.563
group	2	941.18	3.340
hiv	3	1,411.76	3.302
inside	2	941.18	3.160
bonny	2	941.18	2.977
story	2	941.18	2.977
or	12	5,647.06	2.973
go	3	1,411.76	2.957
we	4	1,882.35	2.934
very	2	941.18	2.905
door	4	1,882.35	2.886
like	10	4,705.88	2.864
cashielaas	2	941.18	nan
vikeen	2	941.18	nan
nivver	2	941.18	2.820
at	8	3,764.71	2.796
dry	2	941.18	2.597
shurely	2	941.18	nan
through	3	1,411.76	2.425
some	6	2,823.53	2.412
marwick's	2	941.18	nan
pilliewinks	2	941.18	nan
hert	2	941.18	2.326
spaelleen	2	941.18	nan
roond	2	941.18	2.793
yet	2	941.18	2.208
an	44	20,705.88	2.197
plaece'	2	941.18	nan
ower	2	941.18	2.059
thing	3	1,411.76	2.004
been	7	3,294.12	1.995
great	2	941.18	1.952
language	4	1,882.35	1.948
say	4	1,882.35	1.928
gousters	2	941.18	nan
aiggs	2	941.18	nan
dae	5	2,352.94	1.906
he	13	6,117.65	1.898
afore	5	2,352.94	1.898
to	5	2,352.94	1.731
says	3	1,411.76	1.711
him	9	4,235.29	1.672
got	4	1,882.35	1.641
oot	13	6,117.65	1.628
didna	3	1,411.76	1.509
but	5	2,352.94	1.501
hear	2	941.18	1.355
intae	6	2,823.53	1.348
there	3	1,411.76	1.321
heard	2	941.18	1.273
let	2	941.18	1.155
folk	2	941.18	1.138
when	4	1,882.35	1.136
so	4	1,882.35	1.076
new	3	1,411.76	0.954
ither	4	1,882.35	0.886
mak	3	1,411.76	0.853
set	2	941.18	0.766
tak	3	1,411.76	0.756
clouston	2	941.18	nan
words	2	941.18	2.187
her	14	6,588.24	0.756
haed	3	1,411.76	0.716
tailoreen	2	941.18	nan
noo	2	941.18	0.691
only	2	941.18	0.673
they	6	2,823.53	0.672
tae	51	24,000.00	0.628
three	2	941.18	0.620
hoose	3	1,411.76	0.605
pit	3	1,411.76	0.577
mither	2	941.18	0.538
same	2	941.18	0.501
aye	2	941.18	0.458
whit	6	2,823.53	0.401
a	67	31,529.41	0.390
heid	3	1,411.76	0.380
said	2	941.18	0.318
aboot	5	2,352.94	0.307
fine	2	941.18	0.305
telt	2	941.18	0.290
had	2	941.18	0.275
than	3	1,411.76	0.263
is	15	7,058.82	0.261
get	2	941.18	0.225
ken	2	941.18	0.200
efter	3	1,411.76	0.163
by	4	1,882.35	0.139
their	3	1,411.76	0.115
see	4	1,882.35	0.100
up	9	4,235.29	0.081
cam	2	941.18	0.061
waether	2	941.18	nan
ll	2	941.18	0.054
here	2	941.18	0.053
that	22	10,352.94	0.052
be	10	4,705.88	0.048
them	3	1,411.76	0.041
in	34	16,000.00	0.023
then	2	941.18	0.019
can	3	1,411.76	0.017
muckle	2	941.18	0.010
the	125	58,823.53	0.010
twa	3	1,411.76	0.008
haes	2	941.18	0.004
this	8	3,764.71	0.001
chield	2	941.18	nan
as	9	4,235.29	1.408
gmb	2	941.18	nan
day	2	941.18	1.329