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Sutherland, Hope

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 953
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 346
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.754
Tagged as WCE (West Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - i, she, we, tae, a, it, in, the, n, s,

List of texts in corpus

Twa sisters, een room
Scots Hoose (2020) in Central (Buckie) dialect (WCE), categorised as prose (953 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
i56 58,761.80158.969
n15 15,739.7784.905
we28 29,380.9064.609
she30 31,479.5458.988
iways5 5,246.5953.704
neatly5 5,246.5951.759
fan10 10,493.1851.173
thi7 7,345.2345.449
play8 8,394.5443.098
suppose6 6,295.9139.530
neat4 4,197.2738.612
the17 17,838.4138.396
d14 14,690.4536.008
messy3 3,147.9535.262
share5 5,246.5932.722
sisters4 4,197.2729.842
room7 7,345.2327.938
happily3 3,147.9526.570
even8 8,394.5424.314
right6 6,295.9122.696
countin2 2,098.6422.449
quite4 4,197.2721.603
half4 4,197.2720.803
abidy2 2,098.6419.004
kane2 2,098.6418.469
wardrobe2 2,098.6417.576
thit5 5,246.5917.434
ivery3 3,147.9516.396
wee10 10,493.1816.336
played3 3,147.9515.776
front4 4,197.2715.637
placed2 2,098.6414.094
fiddle2 2,098.6413.933
same5 5,246.5913.751
hidin2 2,098.6413.212
m7 7,345.2313.085
anything2 2,098.6412.281
almost2 2,098.6412.281
joke2 2,098.6412.179
odd2 2,098.6411.795
yir3 3,147.9511.487
yi3 3,147.9511.028
loud2 2,098.6410.977
present2 2,098.6410.626
needin2 2,098.6410.429
hide2 2,098.6410.243
attention2 2,098.6410.008
dee3 3,147.959.231
nae9 9,443.869.088
bed3 3,147.959.060
that2 2,098.648.667
re4 4,197.278.321
athin2 2,098.648.230
centre2 2,098.648.195
though3 3,147.958.154
game2 2,098.648.025
if6 6,295.917.941
playin2 2,098.647.831
iver2 2,098.647.831
mine2 2,098.647.799
wind2 2,098.647.471
wisna3 3,147.957.406
stuff2 2,098.647.277
but10 10,493.187.215
folk3 3,147.957.172
turns2 2,098.647.043
it21 22,035.686.784
affa3 3,147.956.692
are5 5,246.596.579
time6 6,295.916.521
s15 15,739.776.501
dinna3 3,147.956.460
fact2 2,098.646.443
want3 3,147.956.239
group2 2,098.646.218
you6 6,295.916.211
tree2 2,098.646.120
be11 11,542.505.899
her11 11,542.505.667
just3 3,147.955.637
bit7 7,345.235.629
do2 2,098.645.622
or8 8,394.545.430
baith3 3,147.955.247
different2 2,098.644.746
at12 12,591.824.475
really2 2,098.644.348
well2 2,098.644.337
made3 3,147.954.280
masel2 2,098.644.158
it's3 3,147.953.866
ve3 3,147.953.806
hear2 2,098.643.801
me7 7,345.233.543
near2 2,098.643.535
how2 2,098.643.518
hiv2 2,098.643.510
say3 3,147.953.314
jist4 4,197.273.238
go2 2,098.643.147
see4 4,197.272.768
through2 2,098.642.738
so3 3,147.952.537
roon2 2,098.642.494
up7 7,345.232.438
awa3 3,147.952.107
to3 3,147.951.905
as3 3,147.951.652
hid3 3,147.951.644
still2 2,098.641.614
maist2 2,098.641.520
think2 2,098.641.495
mak2 2,098.641.479
a22 23,084.991.392
could2 2,098.641.328
his3 3,147.951.298
oot2 2,098.641.241
o15 15,739.771.203
noo3 3,147.951.083
wis13 13,641.131.042
got2 2,098.641.041
ane2 2,098.640.958
fit2 2,098.640.808
wid2 2,098.640.705
ma6 6,295.910.692
aboot4 4,197.270.434
twa2 2,098.640.360
in17 17,838.410.302
of2 2,098.640.290
oor2 2,098.640.262
fae2 2,098.640.173
by2 2,098.640.172
them2 2,098.640.150
they3 3,147.950.132
tae22 23,084.990.128
like2 2,098.640.116
no2 2,098.640.110
there2 2,098.640.091
and7 7,345.230.059
for5 5,246.590.024
is6 6,295.910.002