A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacInnes, Morag

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 634
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, he, no, you, on, to,

List of texts in corpus

Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (1,268 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
thee10 7,886.4473.421
owld5 3,943.2243.096
peedie6 4,731.8643.012
tae2 1,577.2940.469
hid'll3 2,365.9335.781
to13 10,252.3732.351
you15 11,829.6531.062
do6 4,731.8626.083
eye4 3,154.5724.588
hands4 3,154.5724.054
hadd3 2,365.9323.410
no15 11,829.6522.033
sand3 2,365.9321.499
sheu3 2,365.9319.212
hot3 2,365.9318.202
weet4 3,154.5716.920
ware2 1,577.2916.861
just6 4,731.8615.834
thowt2 1,577.2914.827
yur3 2,365.9314.660
shell2 1,577.2914.571
slap2 1,577.2914.331
clappit2 1,577.2914.331
size3 2,365.9314.315
saw5 3,943.2214.113
peat2 1,577.2913.891
tight2 1,577.2913.891
red3 2,365.9313.565
geed2 1,577.2913.495
thou2 1,577.2912.968
guts2 1,577.2912.652
stoor2 1,577.2912.503
een6 4,731.8612.305
withoot3 2,365.9312.268
nails2 1,577.2912.222
fur11 8,675.0811.437
dig2 1,577.2911.374
shall2 1,577.2911.267
sweat2 1,577.2911.267
here's2 1,577.2910.680
grip2 1,577.299.942
ken7 5,520.509.787
thy2 1,577.299.587
good3 2,365.939.520
beasts2 1,577.299.520
bank2 1,577.299.389
kent5 3,943.228.882
lass2 1,577.297.798
mibbe2 1,577.297.405
colour2 1,577.297.405
earth2 1,577.297.368
learn2 1,577.297.332
fingers2 1,577.296.953
under2 1,577.296.701
whit8 6,309.156.654
bloody2 1,577.296.641
watter3 2,365.936.459
our2 1,577.296.410
hid6 4,731.866.345
oot12 9,463.726.168
couldna2 1,577.296.117
thu'll3 2,365.93nan
gundyman3 2,365.93nan
tongue2 1,577.295.967
cut2 1,577.295.642
aal2 1,577.295.576
hill2 1,577.295.286
on15 11,829.655.199
night2 1,577.295.189
lik3 2,365.934.984
keep3 2,365.934.944
o38 29,968.454.811
like8 6,309.154.734
sea2 1,577.294.644
bairns3 2,365.934.610
black2 1,577.294.534
nivver2 1,577.294.518
wur3 2,365.934.450
pit4 3,154.574.450
roon3 2,365.934.156
open2 1,577.294.129
she12 9,463.723.754
he18 14,195.583.639
sun2 1,577.293.634
her12 9,463.723.629
hoo2 1,577.293.578
that's2 1,577.293.376
them5 3,943.223.139
that7 5,520.502.905
mind3 2,365.932.899
up9 7,097.792.792
right2 1,577.292.673
at4 3,154.572.637
his12 9,463.722.581
aaf2 1,577.29nan
your2 1,577.292.567
let2 1,577.292.545
eld2 1,577.29nan
hiv2 1,577.292.531
an24 18,927.442.498
name2 1,577.292.495
side2 1,577.292.363
go2 1,577.292.284
be3 2,365.932.250
tho2 1,577.292.233
what2 1,577.291.944
it10 7,886.441.837
days2 1,577.291.817
me7 5,520.501.804
this8 6,309.151.728
place2 1,577.291.694
wan2 1,577.291.647
by4 3,154.571.608
wi6 4,731.861.501
says2 1,577.291.409
or2 1,577.291.396
here3 2,365.931.377
big2 1,577.291.315
new2 1,577.290.856
i10 7,886.440.794
did2 1,577.290.789
cam2 1,577.290.779
wis10 7,886.440.707
him5 3,943.220.680
birlan2 1,577.29nan
of3 2,365.930.749
there2 1,577.290.560
if3 2,365.930.541
first2 1,577.290.521
as6 4,731.860.444
ower4 3,154.570.417
heid2 1,577.290.409
then2 1,577.290.310
when2 1,577.290.293
so2 1,577.290.270
and7 5,520.500.256
in22 17,350.160.246
kennan2 1,577.29nan
wid2 1,577.290.240
they4 3,154.570.182
weel2 1,577.290.178
is9 7,097.790.169
back2 1,577.290.153
day3 2,365.930.117
are2 1,577.290.103
us2 1,577.290.086
fae4 3,154.570.073
aedie2 1,577.29nan
aedie's2 1,577.29nan
said2 1,577.290.038
time2 1,577.290.030
a38 29,968.450.025
but5 3,943.220.001
we5 3,943.220.000
the74 58,359.620.000
pomegranate2 1,577.29nan
noo3 2,365.930.396