A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

. .Previous author - Next author
- fine grain dialect comparison - Venn diagrams - punctuation analysis - chronology -

Priest, Ena

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 683
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 293
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.331
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, wis, mansie, tae, a, we, he, o, hit,

List of texts in corpus

Bonxie Geo
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (683 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
da56 81,991.22288.922
mansie20 29,282.58285.720
mast7 10,248.9096.654
wave7 10,248.9063.497
boat7 10,248.9055.484
hit10 14,641.2950.166
peter5 7,320.6442.715
shop6 8,784.7740.508
spar3 4,392.3939.491
dat7 10,248.9036.894
geo3 4,392.3933.410
röf3 4,392.3933.410
cave4 5,856.5230.840
braaly3 4,392.3928.563
fir7 10,248.9026.446
coorser2 2,928.2625.505
sail3 4,392.3925.422
hed6 8,784.7725.163
laet2 2,928.2623.780
mibee2 2,928.2620.953
gaet2 2,928.2620.333
boddam2 2,928.2620.333
we13 19,033.6720.303
med3 4,392.3919.572
wye5 7,320.6418.656
mell2 2,928.2618.175
saat2 2,928.2617.284
yis2 2,928.2617.027
wis20 29,282.5816.482
beenie4 5,856.52nan
ivry2 2,928.2615.414
wisna4 5,856.5214.187
waas2 2,928.2612.840
sea3 4,392.3912.675
dis4 5,856.5211.598
an33 48,316.2511.235
wid5 7,320.6410.560
trow2 2,928.2610.044
wanted2 2,928.2610.044
bonxie3 4,392.39nan
dan2 2,928.269.922
ony4 5,856.529.183
eftir2 2,928.268.794
passed2 2,928.268.511
gied3 4,392.398.433
lik3 4,392.398.191
start2 2,928.268.099
able2 2,928.267.686
sixt3 4,392.39nan
up8 11,713.037.121
hame-trow3 4,392.39nan
seevint3 4,392.39nan
him6 8,784.775.993
still3 4,392.395.755
coorse2 2,928.265.265
he12 17,569.554.738
aa4 5,856.523.602
wan2 2,928.263.498
awa3 4,392.393.387
his8 11,713.033.289
richt3 4,392.393.142
fine2 2,928.263.061
a13 19,033.672.843
in6 8,784.772.447
by3 4,392.392.367
see3 4,392.392.254
tak2 2,928.262.233
muckle2 2,928.262.032
got2 2,928.261.898
and2 2,928.261.807
so2 2,928.261.501
aboot4 5,856.521.477
is2 2,928.261.456
ll2 2,928.261.408
weel2 2,928.261.307
i2 2,928.261.245
watslure2 2,928.26nan
doon3 4,392.391.220
whit3 4,392.391.219
errants2 2,928.26nan
o11 16,105.420.746
if2 2,928.260.729
be2 2,928.260.716
as6 8,784.770.694
on6 8,784.770.671
noo2 2,928.260.597
at3 4,392.390.505
oot4 5,856.520.398
day2 2,928.260.305
back2 2,928.260.225
s6 8,784.770.165
ower2 2,928.260.131
tae16 23,426.060.122
but3 4,392.390.044