A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Nicholson, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 532
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 225
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.364
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, tae, an, he, bert, his, teeth, i, said, wis,

List of texts in corpus

Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt
Lallans Magazine (2001-03 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (532 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
bert15 28,195.49198.165
teeth13 24,436.09115.456
da22 41,353.3883.248
dentist6 11,278.2068.985
mam8 15,037.5962.485
brush6 11,278.2061.048
geed5 9,398.5052.299
dee8 15,037.5948.377
brushed4 7,518.8048.323
dye3 5,639.1041.009
said10 18,796.9933.863
schul3 5,639.1032.020
gae5 9,398.5031.274
morrison3 5,639.1028.300
du4 7,518.8023.582
yea2 3,759.4021.964
hit5 9,398.5020.753
he17 31,954.8919.821
bed4 7,518.8018.575
his13 24,436.0918.107
sweetie2 3,759.4018.034
fine5 9,398.5017.836
efter6 11,278.2016.949
dunna2 3,759.4016.419
pocket2 3,759.4016.101
ready3 5,639.1015.541
midder2 3,759.4015.154
sweeties2 3,759.4014.294
got5 9,398.5014.196
ok2 3,759.4014.014
dug3 5,639.1013.517
mr3 5,639.1013.075
dream2 3,759.4012.856
didna4 7,518.8012.580
telt4 7,518.8012.547
denner2 3,759.4011.912
i11 20,676.6911.862
mind4 7,518.8011.409
does2 3,759.4011.331
o2 3,759.4011.212
happen2 3,759.4010.748
mornin3 5,639.1010.105
shop2 3,759.409.982
sorry2 3,759.409.267
money2 3,759.409.040
a'm2 3,759.408.291
himsel2 3,759.407.772
do2 3,759.407.755
white2 3,759.407.620
black2 3,759.407.587
lot2 3,759.407.099
whit5 9,398.506.957
dat2 3,759.406.658
dey2 3,759.406.392
git2 3,759.406.245
a7 13,157.896.101
right2 3,759.405.583
room2 3,759.405.458
so3 5,639.105.140
wye2 3,759.405.056
when3 5,639.105.023
tae19 35,714.294.351
dentist's2 3,759.40nan
dis2 3,759.404.237
me5 9,398.504.024
gaed2 3,759.404.022
door2 3,759.403.516
but5 9,398.502.936
come2 3,759.402.880
here2 3,759.402.090
wis9 16,917.292.028
weel2 3,759.401.961
on6 11,278.201.849
are2 3,759.401.680
fur3 5,639.101.423
if2 3,759.401.230
noo2 3,759.401.099
aa2 3,759.400.808
doon2 3,759.400.515
up3 5,639.100.398
wi3 5,639.100.256
is4 7,518.800.149
at3 5,639.100.051
it6 11,278.200.014
in8 15,037.590.010
streght2 3,759.40nan
an17 31,954.890.867