A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ratter, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,420
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 605
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.347
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, o, he, an, his, a, wis, tae, john, him,

List of texts in corpus

Da Perishin Nort
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (1,420 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
da90 63,380.28419.357
john21 14,788.73121.351
dat17 11,971.8395.420
ring11 7,746.4888.642
crew8 5,633.8069.711
his40 28,169.0164.987
skipper6 4,225.3564.074
hit14 9,859.1559.903
arctic5 3,521.1357.641
energy6 4,225.3551.182
lik12 8,450.7047.569
he42 29,577.4644.357
peerie7 4,929.5835.342
bluish3 2,112.6832.878
blue7 4,929.5832.401
hits5 3,521.1332.269
beard4 2,816.9028.258
john's3 2,112.6828.162
corpse3 2,112.6828.162
him18 12,676.0628.074
snaa4 2,816.9028.014
joost4 2,816.9026.492
voice6 4,225.3526.024
raeson3 2,112.6825.585
nort3 2,112.6825.585
wis36 25,352.1123.168
smacked2 1,408.4522.584
faeder2 1,408.4520.861
frosty3 2,112.6819.967
sprootin2 1,408.4519.678
gazed2 1,408.4519.678
water4 2,816.9019.638
ice4 2,816.9018.872
arose2 1,408.4518.773
pebble2 1,408.4518.773
grinned2 1,408.4518.773
roosty2 1,408.4518.038
meggie'5 3,521.13nan
echoed2 1,408.4518.038
meerie6 4,225.35nan
waukened2 1,408.4518.038
dark4 2,816.9017.791
sorrow2 1,408.4517.419
satisfaction2 1,408.4517.419
coulda2 1,408.4517.419
had10 7,042.2517.200
underneath2 1,408.4516.885
ship3 2,112.6816.569
ragged2 1,408.4516.414
smack2 1,408.4516.414
screams2 1,408.4515.268
wirld2 1,408.4515.268
deck2 1,408.4514.950
craa2 1,408.4514.950
meenits3 2,112.6814.849
port2 1,408.4514.656
head3 2,112.6814.451
began3 2,112.6814.226
hated2 1,408.4514.126
wid8 5,633.8013.502
haand2 1,408.4513.446
trow3 2,112.6813.217
deeper2 1,408.4513.051
grund3 2,112.6812.803
swung2 1,408.4512.692
athin3 2,112.6812.418
sail2 1,408.4512.364
freezin2 1,408.4512.364
whar3 2,112.6812.210
roared2 1,408.4511.781
icy2 1,408.4511.648
pool2 1,408.4511.519
geen2 1,408.4511.519
mind6 4,225.3511.148
stood3 2,112.6810.822
dey4 2,816.9010.749
whaar2 1,408.4510.334
gret2 1,408.4510.334
starin2 1,408.459.737
afore7 4,929.589.577
den2 1,408.459.507
except2 1,408.459.507
fir5 3,521.139.307
finger2 1,408.458.709
boys2 1,408.458.105
intae8 5,633.807.953
noticed2 1,408.457.908
somethin3 2,112.687.688
pick2 1,408.457.097
colour2 1,408.457.022
hand2 1,408.456.668
fae10 7,042.256.516
dir2 1,408.456.472
under2 1,408.456.082
deep2 1,408.455.418
cut2 1,408.455.305
o42 29,577.465.087
too2 1,408.454.830
night2 1,408.454.811
glowed2 1,408.45nan
whin2 1,408.454.573
sea2 1,408.454.386
story2 1,408.454.305
white2 1,408.454.103
black2 1,408.454.073
face3 2,112.684.016
fell2 1,408.453.873
foo2 1,408.453.859
hair2 1,408.453.725
aff5 3,521.133.597
nim2 1,408.45nan
dis3 2,112.683.601
should2 1,408.453.358
didna3 2,112.683.099
telt3 2,112.683.080
man4 2,816.903.049
nev2 1,408.45nan
as14 9,859.152.801
upa2 1,408.45nan
watter2 1,408.452.665
right2 1,408.452.337
side2 1,408.452.059
haed3 2,112.682.007
or2 1,408.451.874
set2 1,408.451.759
far2 1,408.451.615
it12 8,450.701.548
skarvald2 1,408.45nan
was3 2,112.681.525
last2 1,408.451.497
oot9 6,338.031.330
in17 11,971.831.306
wir2 1,408.451.235
and13 9,154.931.174
life2 1,408.451.113
efter3 2,112.680.995
but8 5,633.800.947
its3 2,112.680.884
still2 1,408.450.703
aa4 2,816.900.623
cam2 1,408.450.567
auld3 2,112.680.556
at7 4,929.580.529
could2 1,408.450.491
some3 2,112.680.464
come2 1,408.450.449
an40 28,169.010.441
doon2 1,408.450.427
muckle2 1,408.450.405
back4 2,816.900.359
ower4 2,816.900.205
lang2 1,408.450.201
been2 1,408.450.158
aboot5 3,521.130.140
when2 1,408.450.120
garbed2 1,408.45nan
were2 1,408.450.078
tae29 20,422.540.064
a40 28,169.010.064
on8 5,633.800.060
noo2 1,408.450.039
up5 3,521.130.036
wi10 7,042.250.032
if2 1,408.450.013
twa2 1,408.450.006
be7 4,929.580.003
said2 1,408.450.001
of2 1,408.450.000