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 49,202.13309.423
da54 71,808.51264.377
cave16 21,276.60169.226
trow16 21,276.60145.836
peerie8 10,638.3052.539
dir7 9,308.5148.513
dan6 7,978.7240.898
were11 14,627.6635.914
troo3 3,989.3635.109
joahny13 17,287.23nan
said12 15,957.4537.140
beach4 5,319.1531.151
gied7 9,308.5129.429
tunnel3 3,989.3627.224
jeamie9 11,968.09nan
sunny3 3,989.3626.539
and20 26,595.7425.637
crabs2 2,659.5725.128
waalkin2 2,659.5725.128
becis2 2,659.5725.128
mackerel2 2,659.5725.128
anidder3 3,989.3622.482
followed3 3,989.3622.165
fun4 5,319.1521.017
dis6 7,978.7220.897
fraser2 2,659.5718.147
dere3 3,989.3617.872
waater2 2,659.5716.909
explore2 2,659.5716.909
dad3 3,989.3616.156
lots2 2,659.5715.968
bright2 2,659.5714.573
dem3 3,989.3613.993
so6 7,978.7213.828
shore2 2,659.5713.019
both2 2,659.5712.644
shouted2 2,659.5712.384
magic2 2,659.5711.987
startit2 2,659.5711.492
all3 3,989.3611.209
lookit2 2,659.5710.452
but10 13,297.8710.420
an7 9,308.5110.307
broo2 2,659.5710.161
when5 6,648.949.754
faa2 2,659.579.638
sandsound3 3,989.36nan
decided2 2,659.579.558
intae6 7,978.729.081
mam2 2,659.578.970
right3 3,989.368.727
couldna2 2,659.578.262
hed3 3,989.368.166
while3 3,989.368.009
boy2 2,659.577.915
believe2 2,659.577.225
until2 2,659.577.163
middle2 2,659.577.102
because2 2,659.576.774
wan3 3,989.366.654
green2 2,659.576.544
different2 2,659.575.593
have2 2,659.575.405
joahnny3 3,989.36nan
just3 3,989.366.844
een3 3,989.365.386
took2 2,659.575.239
got3 3,989.364.178
look2 2,659.574.003
go2 2,659.573.905
wid3 3,989.363.454
here3 3,989.363.397
last2 2,659.573.357
wis13 17,287.233.166
to3 3,989.362.830
back4 5,319.152.707
made2 2,659.572.347
o10 13,297.872.240
cam2 2,659.572.063
see3 3,989.361.890
as2 2,659.571.859
hoose2 2,659.571.842
first2 2,659.571.675
for2 2,659.571.457
his7 9,308.511.457
been3 3,989.361.413
aa3 3,989.361.401
fae4 5,319.151.376
a17 22,606.381.281
on7 9,308.511.074
m2 2,659.570.875
tae13 17,287.230.646
s4 5,319.150.563
bit3 3,989.360.508
it11 14,627.660.466
we4 5,319.150.321
he8 10,638.300.313
up2 2,659.570.303
at6 7,978.720.271
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 5,319.150.051
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 2,659.574.049