A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Williamson, Inga

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 553
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 264
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.095
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - and, a, tae, the, ye, hid, wae, o, be, that,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (February 13, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (278 words)


Facebook (March 19, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (145 words)


Facebook (March 5, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (130 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
iny4 7,233.2755.366
and23 41,591.3246.239
wae10 18,083.1844.243
members4 7,233.2742.387
phrases4 7,233.2739.936
yir6 10,849.9137.496
hid10 18,083.1833.363
words6 10,849.9132.791
aal5 9,041.5931.323
wur7 12,658.2331.245
hiv6 10,849.9128.595
mibbe4 7,233.2726.881
whitivir2 3,616.6424.634
reevlers2 3,616.6424.634
faered2 3,616.6424.634
week4 7,233.2722.550
posted2 3,616.6421.807
thank3 5,424.9519.996
leisure2 3,616.6419.756
cin2 3,616.6417.636
activity2 3,616.6417.636
fok2 3,616.6416.988
teu2 3,616.6416.988
iss2 3,616.6416.609
add2 3,616.6415.246
own2 3,616.6414.545
wonder2 3,616.6414.545
welcome2 3,616.6413.950
subject2 3,616.6413.515
try3 5,424.9513.438
don3 5,424.9513.147
ye11 19,891.5012.808
so5 9,041.5912.620
lit2 3,616.6412.320
usual2 3,616.6412.201
the15 27,124.7712.051
no7 12,658.2310.953
new4 7,233.2710.913
somebody2 3,616.6410.752
weeks2 3,616.6410.090
might2 3,616.649.958
thir3 5,424.959.625
gae2 3,616.648.865
disna2 3,616.648.769
be9 16,274.868.763
wir3 5,424.958.162
word2 3,616.648.122
ll4 7,233.278.114
kind2 3,616.647.948
this7 12,658.237.052
mind3 5,424.956.839
t3 5,424.956.819
fer2 3,616.646.745
should2 3,616.646.666
if4 7,233.276.156
git2 3,616.646.123
go2 3,616.644.964
in3 5,424.954.956
you4 7,233.274.944
wye2 3,616.644.933
here3 5,424.954.808
weel3 5,424.954.589
afore3 5,424.954.546
it2 3,616.644.389
seen2 3,616.643.480
still2 3,616.643.214
i7 12,658.233.187
wis2 3,616.643.114
think2 3,616.643.068
will2 3,616.642.742
time3 5,424.952.643
reevlan2 3,616.64nan
aboot4 7,233.272.426
guid2 3,616.642.151
ither2 3,616.641.946
on6 10,849.911.642
some2 3,616.641.370
of2 3,616.641.356
bit3 5,424.951.334
fur3 5,424.951.301
can2 3,616.641.140
noo2 3,616.641.014
tae15 27,124.770.803
at2 3,616.640.803
or3 5,424.950.680
is5 9,041.590.654
day2 3,616.640.632
that7 12,658.230.405
wi3 5,424.950.337
up3 5,424.950.327
o10 18,083.180.173
fae2 3,616.640.127
oot2 3,616.640.049
me2 3,616.640.018
they2 3,616.640.009
s4 7,233.270.008
his3 5,424.950.007
a16 28,933.090.003