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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 58,761.80161.023
n15 15,739.7784.916
we28 29,380.9063.632
she30 31,479.5460.059
iways5 5,246.5953.843
neatly5 5,246.5951.898
fan10 10,493.1850.617
thi7 7,345.2345.641
play8 8,394.5443.107
suppose6 6,295.9139.565
neat4 4,197.2738.128
the17 17,838.4137.867
d14 14,690.4535.974
messy3 3,147.9535.346
share5 5,246.5933.117
sisters4 4,197.2729.556
room7 7,345.2327.609
happily3 3,147.9526.254
even8 8,394.5424.479
right6 6,295.9122.737
countin2 2,098.6422.505
quite4 4,197.2721.711
half4 4,197.2720.018
abidy2 2,098.6419.060
kane2 2,098.6418.524
thit5 5,246.5917.514
wardrobe2 2,098.6416.904
wee10 10,493.1816.317
ivery3 3,147.9516.124
played3 3,147.9515.792
front4 4,197.2715.496
placed2 2,098.6413.988
same5 5,246.5913.812
m7 7,345.2313.662
fiddle2 2,098.6413.539
hidin2 2,098.6413.267
anything2 2,098.6412.548
almost2 2,098.6412.548
joke2 2,098.6412.336
odd2 2,098.6411.850
yir3 3,147.9511.447
yi3 3,147.9511.106
loud2 2,098.6410.887
present2 2,098.6410.613
needin2 2,098.6410.358
hide2 2,098.6410.297
attention2 2,098.6410.062
dee3 3,147.959.193
bed3 3,147.959.117
nae9 9,443.869.060
that2 2,098.648.696
re4 4,197.278.499
centre2 2,098.648.318
though3 3,147.958.276
athin2 2,098.648.248
game2 2,098.648.213
if6 6,295.918.091
playin2 2,098.647.852
iver2 2,098.647.821
wind2 2,098.647.610
but10 10,493.187.325
wisna3 3,147.957.322
turns2 2,098.647.250
folk3 3,147.957.157
mine2 2,098.647.146
stuff2 2,098.647.120
it21 22,035.686.926
are5 5,246.596.818
s15 15,739.776.795
affa3 3,147.956.730
time6 6,295.916.613
you6 6,295.916.563
dinna3 3,147.956.488
fact2 2,098.646.431
want3 3,147.956.289
group2 2,098.646.191
tree2 2,098.646.133
be11 11,542.505.914
just3 3,147.955.879
do2 2,098.645.739
her11 11,542.505.692
bit7 7,345.235.644
or8 8,394.545.255
baith3 3,147.955.148
different2 2,098.644.733
at12 12,591.824.449
well2 2,098.644.440
masel2 2,098.644.342
really2 2,098.644.342
made3 3,147.954.307
ve3 3,147.954.089
it's3 3,147.953.924
me7 7,345.233.794
hear2 2,098.643.681
how2 2,098.643.547
hiv2 2,098.643.483
near2 2,098.643.436
say3 3,147.953.388
go2 2,098.643.170
jist4 4,197.273.102
through2 2,098.642.792
see4 4,197.272.780
so3 3,147.952.575
up7 7,345.232.395
roon2 2,098.642.385
awa3 3,147.952.049
to3 3,147.952.035
as3 3,147.951.696
hid3 3,147.951.655
still2 2,098.641.589
maist2 2,098.641.508
think2 2,098.641.483
mak2 2,098.641.427
a22 23,084.991.421
could2 2,098.641.351
his3 3,147.951.335
o15 15,739.771.247
oot2 2,098.641.231
wis13 13,641.131.113
noo3 3,147.951.063
got2 2,098.641.024
ane2 2,098.640.984
ma6 6,295.910.894
fit2 2,098.640.766
wid2 2,098.640.724
aboot4 4,197.270.418
twa2 2,098.640.339
of2 2,098.640.328
in17 17,838.410.296
oor2 2,098.640.231
by2 2,098.640.157
fae2 2,098.640.151
they3 3,147.950.144
them2 2,098.640.134
tae22 23,084.990.113
like2 2,098.640.098
no2 2,098.640.095
there2 2,098.640.088
and7 7,345.230.080
for5 5,246.590.023
is6 6,295.910.003