A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skea, Bessie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 406
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 143
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.839
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, i, elder-flooer, luv, my, o, a, fur, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (171 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (121 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
luv11 27,093.60153.124
githered8 19,704.43103.580
wine6 14,778.3355.109
elder-flooer12 29,556.65nan
clos4 9,852.2255.201
my11 27,093.6054.834
honey4 9,852.2244.852
honeymoon3 7,389.1642.623
i18 44,334.9842.116
becis3 7,389.1638.805
cannot3 7,389.1637.563
flooer4 9,852.2236.859
haimlock7 17,241.38nan
and18 44,334.9838.290
root3 7,389.1633.632
hert5 12,315.2729.040
mine4 9,852.2227.334
fruit3 7,389.1627.038
night4 9,852.2224.264
wae6 14,778.3324.057
mak6 14,778.3323.890
baet2 4,926.1123.037
apon2 4,926.1123.037
echoes2 4,926.1122.416
sweet3 7,389.1621.670
oh4 9,852.2220.349
swim2 4,926.1119.363
fur8 19,704.4318.897
dim2 4,926.1118.419
aal3 7,389.1617.150
told2 4,926.1115.170
search2 4,926.1114.733
grape4 9,852.22nan
citris3 7,389.16nan
chincher4 9,852.22nan
sweetned3 7,389.16nan
still4 9,852.2213.389
moon2 4,926.1113.298
grew2 4,926.1112.430
tale2 4,926.1111.760
wind2 4,926.1110.782
sky2 4,926.1110.281
not2 4,926.1110.004
voice2 4,926.119.240
loang2 4,926.11nan
me6 14,778.339.087
ahint2 4,926.118.350
till2 4,926.115.973
keep2 4,926.115.828
wur2 4,926.115.453
life2 4,926.114.909
the34 83,743.844.234
new2 4,926.114.110
hif2 4,926.11nan
did2 4,926.114.001
will2 4,926.113.748
thair2 4,926.113.472
doon3 7,389.163.151
that7 17,241.381.852
it3 7,389.160.764
like2 4,926.110.659
him2 4,926.110.625
wis3 7,389.160.343
a10 24,630.540.318
o10 24,630.540.304
but2 4,926.110.105
as2 4,926.110.104
is3 7,389.160.092
he3 7,389.160.092
tae8 19,704.430.061
ah2 4,926.110.026
sparklan2 4,926.11nan
his2 4,926.110.049
sun-dried3 7,389.16nan
haild2 4,926.11nan