Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Watt, Roseanne

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 541
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 306
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.768
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - de, o, i, dy, dat, a, me, du, an, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Moder Dy
Polygon (2019-05-23 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (541 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
de	36	66,543.44	424.021
dy	11	20,332.72	105.156
du	10	18,484.29	76.443
dat	10	18,484.29	63.827
du's	4	7,393.72	45.281
aert	3	5,545.29	35.850
lik	6	11,090.57	26.703
slockit	2	3,696.86	24.724
dese	2	3,696.86	23.540
saand	2	3,696.86	23.540
joost	3	5,545.29	23.406
whaar	3	5,545.29	23.270
blöd	2	3,696.86	22.633
shoormal	2	3,696.86	22.633
uncan	2	3,696.86	21.896
steps	3	5,545.29	20.706
dere	3	5,545.29	19.605
wirld	2	3,696.86	18.500
apo	2	3,696.86	18.500
me	10	18,484.29	18.212
veins	2	3,696.86	17.967
rees	3	5,545.29	nan
laeve	2	3,696.86	19.116
saat	2	3,696.86	17.726
dem	3	5,545.29	15.802
ide	3	5,545.29	nan
i	12	22,181.15	14.173
island	2	3,696.86	13.948
mindin	2	3,696.86	13.066
wance	2	3,696.86	12.658
fir	4	7,393.72	12.627
ir	3	5,545.29	12.405
dee	3	5,545.29	12.365
licht	3	5,545.29	12.036
made	4	7,393.72	11.497
lass	2	3,696.86	11.132
mibbe	2	3,696.86	10.683
wirds	3	5,545.29	10.537
my	4	7,393.72	10.129
dir	2	3,696.86	10.078
o	23	42,513.86	9.947
wye	3	5,545.29	9.689
atween	3	5,545.29	9.489
here	4	7,393.72	8.447
wilt	2	3,696.86	nan
sang	2	3,696.86	8.762
dis	3	5,545.29	8.402
wan	3	5,545.29	8.375
fin	3	5,545.29	7.326
dey	2	3,696.86	6.331
ta	2	3,696.86	5.114
gied	2	3,696.86	4.959
its	3	5,545.29	4.629
wir	2	3,696.86	4.088
by	3	5,545.29	3.350
see	3	5,545.29	3.190
it's	2	3,696.86	3.072
an	8	14,787.43	2.867
a	10	18,484.29	2.549
gaets	2	3,696.86	nan
is	6	11,090.57	1.730
hae	3	5,545.29	1.725
da	3	5,545.29	1.527
tae	8	14,787.43	1.260
noo	2	3,696.86	1.061
as	2	3,696.86	0.598
whit	2	3,696.86	0.473
wis	7	12,939.00	0.389
wi	3	5,545.29	0.289
her	2	3,696.86	0.239
no	2	3,696.86	0.206