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 49,202.13309.268
da54 71,808.51264.116
cave16 21,276.60169.159
trow16 21,276.60145.769
peerie8 10,638.3052.505
dir7 9,308.5148.484
dan6 7,978.7241.832
were11 14,627.6635.871
troo3 3,989.3635.096
joahny13 17,287.23nan
said12 15,957.4537.248
beach4 5,319.1531.135
gied7 9,308.5129.547
tunnel3 3,989.3626.859
and20 26,595.7425.821
jeamie9 11,968.09nan
sunny3 3,989.3626.526
becis2 2,659.5725.120
waalkin2 2,659.5725.120
mackerel2 2,659.5725.120
crabs2 2,659.5725.120
anidder3 3,989.3622.470
followed3 3,989.3622.000
fun4 5,319.1521.052
dis6 7,978.7220.835
fraser2 2,659.5718.138
dere3 3,989.3617.860
waater2 2,659.5716.901
explore2 2,659.5716.901
dad3 3,989.3616.311
lots2 2,659.5715.960
bright2 2,659.5714.565
dem3 3,989.3613.981
so6 7,978.7213.816
shore2 2,659.5712.914
both2 2,659.5712.726
shouted2 2,659.5712.293
magic2 2,659.5711.979
startit2 2,659.5711.227
all3 3,989.3611.219
an7 9,308.5110.572
but10 13,297.8710.533
broo2 2,659.5710.200
when5 6,648.9410.092
lookit2 2,659.579.839
decided2 2,659.579.549
sandsound3 3,989.36nan
faa2 2,659.579.549
intae6 7,978.729.227
mam2 2,659.578.962
right3 3,989.368.743
hed3 3,989.368.155
couldna2 2,659.578.117
boy2 2,659.577.984
while3 3,989.367.892
believe2 2,659.577.280
until2 2,659.577.217
middle2 2,659.577.134
just3 3,989.367.052
because2 2,659.576.955
joahnny3 3,989.36nan
wan3 3,989.366.815
green2 2,659.576.519
different2 2,659.575.586
have2 2,659.575.586
een3 3,989.365.323
took2 2,659.575.163
got3 3,989.364.207
look2 2,659.574.169
side2 2,659.574.034
go2 2,659.573.943
wid3 3,989.363.426
here3 3,989.363.384
wis13 17,287.233.138
to3 3,989.362.937
back4 5,319.152.713
made2 2,659.572.365
o10 13,297.872.284
cam2 2,659.572.064
see3 3,989.361.896
fiss2 2,659.57nan
last2 2,659.573.357
as2 2,659.571.893
hoose2 2,659.571.782
first2 2,659.571.683
for2 2,659.571.505
been3 3,989.361.428
fae4 5,319.151.422
his7 9,308.511.418
aa3 3,989.361.305
a17 22,606.381.255
on7 9,308.511.042
m2 2,659.570.993
tae13 17,287.230.669
bit3 3,989.360.503
it11 14,627.660.500
s4 5,319.150.497
up2 2,659.570.310
we4 5,319.150.307
he8 10,638.300.289
you2 2,659.570.268
at6 7,978.720.258
day2 2,659.570.186
wi5 6,648.940.076
i4 5,319.150.041
be4 5,319.150.012
oot3 3,989.360.008
in12 15,957.450.007
nowhar2 2,659.57nan
him2 2,659.570.000
starfish2 2,659.57nan
aboot3 3,989.360.231