A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isbister, Sonny

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 752
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 292
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.575
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, dey, and, a, cave, trow, tae, joahny, wis, in,

List of texts in corpus

Caves aroond Shetland
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (752 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
dey37 49,202.13309.304
da54 71,808.51264.208
cave16 21,276.60169.175
trow16 21,276.60145.784
peerie8 10,638.3052.513
dir7 9,308.5148.491
dan6 7,978.7240.879
were11 14,627.6635.898
troo3 3,989.3635.099
joahny13 17,287.23nan
said12 15,957.4537.367
beach4 5,319.1531.138
gied7 9,308.5129.407
tunnel3 3,989.3627.214
jeamie9 11,968.09nan
sunny3 3,989.3626.529
and20 26,595.7425.592
crabs2 2,659.5725.122
waalkin2 2,659.5725.122
becis2 2,659.5725.122
mackerel2 2,659.5725.122
anidder3 3,989.3622.473
followed3 3,989.3622.312
fun4 5,319.1521.212
dis6 7,978.7220.879
fraser2 2,659.5718.140
dere3 3,989.3617.862
waater2 2,659.5716.903
explore2 2,659.5716.903
dad3 3,989.3616.147
lots2 2,659.5715.962
bright2 2,659.5714.567
dem3 3,989.3613.983
so6 7,978.7213.821
shore2 2,659.5713.013
both2 2,659.5712.637
shouted2 2,659.5712.462
magic2 2,659.5712.057
startit2 2,659.5711.485
all3 3,989.3611.200
lookit2 2,659.5710.446
but10 13,297.8710.404
an7 9,308.5110.327
broo2 2,659.5710.155
when5 6,648.949.755
faa2 2,659.579.632
sandsound3 3,989.36nan
decided2 2,659.579.551
intae6 7,978.729.092
mam2 2,659.578.964
right3 3,989.368.788
couldna2 2,659.578.256
hed3 3,989.368.158
while3 3,989.368.000
boy2 2,659.577.909
believe2 2,659.577.219
until2 2,659.577.157
middle2 2,659.577.116
because2 2,659.576.768
wan3 3,989.366.699
green2 2,659.576.555
different2 2,659.575.587
have2 2,659.575.400
joahnny3 3,989.36nan
just3 3,989.366.845
een3 3,989.365.378
took2 2,659.575.245
got3 3,989.364.171
look2 2,659.574.020
go2 2,659.573.922
wid3 3,989.363.447
here3 3,989.363.394
last2 2,659.573.364
wis13 17,287.233.148
to3 3,989.362.823
back4 5,319.152.718
made2 2,659.572.342
o10 13,297.872.258
cam2 2,659.572.058
see3 3,989.361.889
as2 2,659.571.850
hoose2 2,659.571.837
first2 2,659.571.670
for2 2,659.571.465
his7 9,308.511.463
been3 3,989.361.413
aa3 3,989.361.396
fae4 5,319.151.383
a17 22,606.381.282
on7 9,308.511.066
m2 2,659.570.875
tae13 17,287.230.647
s4 5,319.150.558
bit3 3,989.360.505
it11 14,627.660.469
we4 5,319.150.321
he8 10,638.300.315
up2 2,659.570.301
at6 7,978.720.272
aboot3 3,989.360.241
starfish2 2,659.57nan
you2 2,659.570.229
day2 2,659.570.176
wi5 6,648.940.067
i4 5,319.150.053
be4 5,319.150.012
oot3 3,989.360.009
in12 15,957.450.007
nowhar2 2,659.57nan
him2 2,659.570.000
fiss2 2,659.57nan
side2 2,659.574.044