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 27,093.60153.170
githered8 19,704.43103.614
wine6 14,778.3354.930
elder-flooer12 29,556.65nan
clos4 9,852.2255.218
my11 27,093.6054.690
honey4 9,852.2245.465
honeymoon3 7,389.1642.635
i18 44,334.9841.745
becis3 7,389.1638.818
cannot3 7,389.1637.576
flooer4 9,852.2236.668
haimlock7 17,241.38nan
and18 44,334.9838.103
root3 7,389.1632.131
hert5 12,315.2728.987
mine4 9,852.2227.413
fruit3 7,389.1627.051
night4 9,852.2224.239
mak6 14,778.3324.123
wae6 14,778.3324.109
baet2 4,926.1123.045
apon2 4,926.1123.045
echoes2 4,926.1122.425
sweet3 7,389.1621.682
oh4 9,852.2220.315
swim2 4,926.1119.114
dim2 4,926.1119.114
fur8 19,704.4318.651
aal3 7,389.1617.452
told2 4,926.1115.271
search2 4,926.1114.742
grape4 9,852.22nan
citris3 7,389.16nan
chincher4 9,852.22nan
sweetned3 7,389.16nan
still4 9,852.2213.424
moon2 4,926.1113.306
grew2 4,926.1112.531
tale2 4,926.1111.730
wind2 4,926.1110.702
sky2 4,926.1110.289
not2 4,926.119.893
voice2 4,926.119.189
loang2 4,926.11nan
me6 14,778.338.761
ahint2 4,926.118.374
till2 4,926.116.028
keep2 4,926.115.821
wur2 4,926.115.369
life2 4,926.114.900
the34 83,743.844.273
new2 4,926.114.100
hif2 4,926.11nan
did2 4,926.113.975
will2 4,926.113.725
thair2 4,926.113.499
doon3 7,389.163.139
that7 17,241.381.847
it3 7,389.160.792
like2 4,926.110.639
him2 4,926.110.633
wis3 7,389.160.337
a10 24,630.540.327
o10 24,630.540.317
but2 4,926.110.098
as2 4,926.110.098
is3 7,389.160.094
he3 7,389.160.083
ah2 4,926.110.082
tae8 19,704.430.056
sparklan2 4,926.11nan
his2 4,926.110.044
sun-dried3 7,389.16nan
haild2 4,926.11nan