A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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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 58,761.80160.309
n15 15,739.7784.731
we28 29,380.9064.290
she30 31,479.5459.559
iways5 5,246.5953.699
neatly5 5,246.5951.754
fan10 10,493.1850.395
thi7 7,345.2345.442
play8 8,394.5443.160
suppose6 6,295.9139.655
neat4 4,197.2738.608
the17 17,838.4138.562
d14 14,690.4536.181
messy3 3,147.9535.260
share5 5,246.5933.107
sisters4 4,197.2729.442
room7 7,345.2327.544
happily3 3,147.9526.168
even8 8,394.5424.402
right6 6,295.9122.603
countin2 2,098.6422.447
quite4 4,197.2721.599
half4 4,197.2720.737
abidy2 2,098.6419.002
kane2 2,098.6418.467
wardrobe2 2,098.6417.574
thit5 5,246.5917.380
wee10 10,493.1816.417
ivery3 3,147.9516.320
played3 3,147.9515.839
front4 4,197.2715.540
placed2 2,098.6413.931
fiddle2 2,098.6413.931
same5 5,246.5913.747
m7 7,345.2313.727
hidin2 2,098.6413.210
almost2 2,098.6412.492
anything2 2,098.6412.492
joke2 2,098.6412.279
odd2 2,098.6411.793
yir3 3,147.9511.485
yi3 3,147.9511.025
loud2 2,098.6410.902
present2 2,098.6410.624
needin2 2,098.6410.364
hide2 2,098.6410.302
attention2 2,098.6410.063
dee3 3,147.959.190
bed3 3,147.959.095
nae9 9,443.869.043
that2 2,098.648.667
re4 4,197.278.495
centre2 2,098.648.299
though3 3,147.958.230
game2 2,098.648.193
athin2 2,098.648.193
if6 6,295.918.117
playin2 2,098.647.957
iver2 2,098.647.829
mine2 2,098.647.735
wind2 2,098.647.556
stuff2 2,098.647.330
but10 10,493.187.330
wisna3 3,147.957.246
turns2 2,098.647.222
folk3 3,147.957.208
it21 22,035.686.924
s15 15,739.776.797
are5 5,246.596.778
affa3 3,147.956.656
time6 6,295.916.596
you6 6,295.916.475
dinna3 3,147.956.425
fact2 2,098.646.420
want3 3,147.956.267
group2 2,098.646.157
tree2 2,098.646.119
be11 11,542.505.886
just3 3,147.955.835
do2 2,098.645.721
bit7 7,345.235.618
her11 11,542.505.558
or8 8,394.545.310
baith3 3,147.955.141
different2 2,098.644.745
well2 2,098.644.424
at12 12,591.824.404
masel2 2,098.644.325
really2 2,098.644.325
made3 3,147.954.315
ve3 3,147.954.053
it's3 3,147.953.858
me7 7,345.233.821
hear2 2,098.643.720
near2 2,098.643.508
how2 2,098.643.500
say3 3,147.953.446
hiv2 2,098.643.436
go2 2,098.643.166
jist4 4,197.273.137
see4 4,197.272.777
through2 2,098.642.760
so3 3,147.952.536
roon2 2,098.642.419
up7 7,345.232.403
awa3 3,147.952.039
to3 3,147.952.005
as3 3,147.951.699
hid3 3,147.951.606
still2 2,098.641.606
maist2 2,098.641.509
think2 2,098.641.487
mak2 2,098.641.431
a22 23,084.991.360
his3 3,147.951.338
could2 2,098.641.321
oot2 2,098.641.237
o15 15,739.771.225
noo3 3,147.951.101
got2 2,098.641.059
wis13 13,641.131.036
ane2 2,098.640.964
ma6 6,295.910.875
fit2 2,098.640.753
wid2 2,098.640.696
aboot4 4,197.270.418
twa2 2,098.640.349
of2 2,098.640.316
in17 17,838.410.300
oor2 2,098.640.256
by2 2,098.640.165
fae2 2,098.640.160
them2 2,098.640.145
they3 3,147.950.140
tae22 23,084.990.117
like2 2,098.640.105
no2 2,098.640.102
there2 2,098.640.086
and7 7,345.230.069
for5 5,246.590.031
is6 6,295.910.002