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 63,380.28418.922
john21 14,788.73121.646
dat17 11,971.8395.349
ring11 7,746.4889.862
crew8 5,633.8069.678
his40 28,169.0164.527
skipper6 4,225.3564.048
hit14 9,859.1559.619
arctic5 3,521.1357.620
energy6 4,225.3551.157
lik12 8,450.7047.521
he42 29,577.4643.868
peerie7 4,929.5835.313
bluish3 2,112.6832.865
blue7 4,929.5832.512
hits5 3,521.1332.431
beard4 2,816.9028.241
john's3 2,112.6828.149
corpse3 2,112.6828.149
snaa4 2,816.9027.997
him18 12,676.0627.951
joost4 2,816.9026.476
voice6 4,225.3526.178
raeson3 2,112.6825.572
nort3 2,112.6825.572
wis36 25,352.1123.055
smacked2 1,408.4522.576
faeder2 1,408.4520.852
frosty3 2,112.6819.954
water4 2,816.9019.785
sprootin2 1,408.4519.670
gazed2 1,408.4519.670
ice4 2,816.9019.078
arose2 1,408.4518.765
pebble2 1,408.4518.765
grinned2 1,408.4518.765
roosty2 1,408.4518.030
meggie'5 3,521.13nan
echoed2 1,408.4518.030
meerie6 4,225.35nan
waukened2 1,408.4518.030
dark4 2,816.9017.528
sorrow2 1,408.4517.411
satisfaction2 1,408.4517.411
coulda2 1,408.4517.411
had10 7,042.2517.154
underneath2 1,408.4516.876
ship3 2,112.6816.669
ragged2 1,408.4516.406
smack2 1,408.4516.406
deck2 1,408.4515.260
wirld2 1,408.4515.260
screams2 1,408.4514.941
craa2 1,408.4514.941
meenits3 2,112.6814.674
port2 1,408.4514.647
head3 2,112.6814.516
hated2 1,408.4514.374
began3 2,112.6813.788
haand2 1,408.4513.438
wid8 5,633.8013.417
trow3 2,112.6813.205
deeper2 1,408.4513.043
grund3 2,112.6812.848
swung2 1,408.4512.684
freezin2 1,408.4512.516
sail2 1,408.4512.356
athin3 2,112.6812.353
whar3 2,112.6812.147
roared2 1,408.4511.773
icy2 1,408.4511.640
pool2 1,408.4511.511
geen2 1,408.4511.511
mind6 4,225.3511.179
dey4 2,816.9010.734
stood3 2,112.6810.732
whaar2 1,408.4510.326
gret2 1,408.4510.326
starin2 1,408.459.650
except2 1,408.459.650
den2 1,408.459.499
afore7 4,929.589.371
fir5 3,521.139.289
finger2 1,408.458.761
intae8 5,633.808.126
boys2 1,408.458.096
noticed2 1,408.457.852
somethin3 2,112.687.635
pick2 1,408.457.128
colour2 1,408.457.051
fae10 7,042.256.664
dir2 1,408.456.464
glowed2 1,408.45nan
hand2 1,408.456.593
under2 1,408.456.339
deep2 1,408.455.504
cut2 1,408.455.275
o42 29,577.464.984
too2 1,408.454.960
night2 1,408.454.823
whin2 1,408.454.531
story2 1,408.454.314
sea2 1,408.454.281
white2 1,408.454.187
black2 1,408.454.172
face3 2,112.684.076
fell2 1,408.453.838
hair2 1,408.453.744
aff5 3,521.133.589
dis3 2,112.683.576
should2 1,408.453.409
nim2 1,408.45nan
foo2 1,408.453.798
man4 2,816.903.116
telt3 2,112.683.071
didna3 2,112.683.052
as14 9,859.152.732
nev2 1,408.45nan
upa2 1,408.45nan
watter2 1,408.452.641
right2 1,408.452.346
side2 1,408.452.047
haed3 2,112.681.965
or2 1,408.451.946
set2 1,408.451.720
far2 1,408.451.530
skarvald2 1,408.45nan
last2 1,408.451.496
it12 8,450.701.473
was3 2,112.681.391
oot9 6,338.031.341
in17 11,971.831.319
and13 9,154.931.217
wir2 1,408.451.210
life2 1,408.451.119
efter3 2,112.681.021
but8 5,633.800.986
its3 2,112.680.843
still2 1,408.450.694
cam2 1,408.450.567
auld3 2,112.680.560
at7 4,929.580.554
aa4 2,816.900.542
could2 1,408.450.491
some3 2,112.680.462
come2 1,408.450.448
doon2 1,408.450.421
muckle2 1,408.450.390
back4 2,816.900.362
an40 28,169.010.358
ower4 2,816.900.193
lang2 1,408.450.192
when2 1,408.450.159
been2 1,408.450.152
aboot5 3,521.130.130
garbed2 1,408.45nan
were2 1,408.450.076
tae29 20,422.540.075
on8 5,633.800.070
a40 28,169.010.056
wi10 7,042.250.041
up5 3,521.130.040
noo2 1,408.450.036
if2 1,408.450.008
twa2 1,408.450.005
be7 4,929.580.003
said2 1,408.450.002
of2 1,408.450.001