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 7,233.2755.349
and23 41,591.3246.477
wae10 18,083.1844.154
members4 7,233.2740.353
phrases4 7,233.2739.509
yir6 10,849.9137.471
hid10 18,083.1833.324
words6 10,849.9133.021
wur7 12,658.2331.566
aal5 9,041.5930.805
hiv6 10,849.9128.313
mibbe4 7,233.2726.864
faered2 3,616.6424.626
reevlers2 3,616.6424.626
whitivir2 3,616.6424.626
week4 7,233.2722.672
posted2 3,616.6421.798
thank3 5,424.9520.143
leisure2 3,616.6419.747
cin2 3,616.6417.628
activity2 3,616.6417.628
teu2 3,616.6416.980
fok2 3,616.6416.980
iss2 3,616.6415.786
add2 3,616.6415.368
wonder2 3,616.6414.871
own2 3,616.6414.645
welcome2 3,616.6413.850
try3 5,424.9513.551
don3 5,424.9513.352
subject2 3,616.6413.267
ye11 19,891.5012.953
so5 9,041.5912.609
lit2 3,616.6412.252
usual2 3,616.6412.192
the15 27,124.7712.116
no7 12,658.2311.068
new4 7,233.2710.934
somebody2 3,616.6410.744
weeks2 3,616.6410.185
might2 3,616.6410.082
thir3 5,424.959.626
gae2 3,616.648.857
be9 16,274.868.754
disna2 3,616.648.714
ll4 7,233.278.274
word2 3,616.648.133
wir3 5,424.958.106
kind2 3,616.647.668
this7 12,658.237.059
mind3 5,424.956.856
t3 5,424.956.741
should2 3,616.646.724
fer2 3,616.646.480
if4 7,233.276.276
git2 3,616.646.104
you4 7,233.275.132
go2 3,616.645.003
in3 5,424.954.970
wye2 3,616.644.872
here3 5,424.954.794
weel3 5,424.954.583
afore3 5,424.954.455
it2 3,616.644.317
seen2 3,616.643.463
i7 12,658.233.276
still2 3,616.643.199
wis2 3,616.643.133
think2 3,616.643.053
will2 3,616.642.763
time3 5,424.952.671
aboot4 7,233.272.395
reevlan2 3,616.64nan
guid2 3,616.642.177
ither2 3,616.641.911
on6 10,849.911.608
of2 3,616.641.399
some2 3,616.641.368
fur3 5,424.951.357
bit3 5,424.951.326
can2 3,616.641.152
noo2 3,616.641.025
at2 3,616.640.821
tae15 27,124.770.780
is5 9,041.590.650
day2 3,616.640.649
or3 5,424.950.647
that7 12,658.230.407
wi3 5,424.950.354
up3 5,424.950.319
o10 18,083.180.184
fae2 3,616.640.138
oot2 3,616.640.048
me2 3,616.640.033
they2 3,616.640.010
his3 5,424.950.009
s4 7,233.270.002
a16 28,933.090.002