A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Towrie, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,719
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.829
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o', tae, wis, hid, a, an, they, for, in,

List of texts in corpus

Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale
Orkneyjar (01-01-2010) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (1,719 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
o'58 33,740.55456.048
tang28 16,288.54324.200
banks25 14,543.34239.286
hid43 25,014.54170.606
wae26 15,125.07106.338
ap10 5,817.34103.478
whin16 9,307.7494.243
thir20 11,634.6793.813
gaan12 6,980.8089.149
they40 23,269.3477.643
heem7 4,072.1377.508
wather8 4,653.8767.209
wid20 11,634.6758.870
geed6 3,490.4052.507
ether5 2,908.6751.725
fishin7 4,072.1349.662
errands4 2,326.9343.627
meed4 2,326.9340.182
nee4 2,326.9340.182
wis49 28,504.9438.692
the165 95,986.0437.596
evenin5 2,908.6735.167
sea8 4,653.8734.860
everyeen3 1,745.2033.947
comin9 5,235.6033.067
peedie5 2,908.6732.141
for32 18,615.4731.972
abune5 2,908.6731.717
wark9 5,235.6031.691
them16 9,307.7430.324
guidman4 2,326.9330.068
wir10 5,817.3428.372
weel13 7,562.5427.044
log3 1,745.2026.248
ebb3 1,745.2026.248
thowt3 1,745.2023.931
dryin3 1,745.2023.470
whar5 2,908.6723.391
skailed3 1,745.2022.272
fish5 2,908.6722.028
needfu2 1,163.4721.811
codlins2 1,163.4721.811
haals2 1,163.4721.811
wirkin4 2,326.9321.532
teu3 1,745.2021.277
time14 8,144.2720.870
pair5 2,908.6719.792
it4 2,326.9319.604
hed7 4,072.1319.339
and29 16,870.2719.128
gather2 1,163.4718.907
speel2 1,163.4718.907
farder2 1,163.4718.002
gathered2 1,163.4718.002
grund4 2,326.9317.909
sheu3 1,745.2017.899
sune3 1,745.2017.731
luk3 1,745.2016.956
pot3 1,745.2016.813
rocks3 1,745.2016.274
steens3 1,745.2016.147
ashore2 1,163.4715.646
folk6 3,490.4015.544
hids2 1,163.4715.226
baith7 4,072.1315.040
fire5 2,908.6715.018
deu2 1,163.4714.847
ais5 2,908.67nan
fore3 1,745.2014.519
cuttit2 1,163.4713.890
wak2 1,163.4713.890
set6 3,490.4013.711
linn2 1,163.4713.617
keepit3 1,745.2013.411
night4 2,326.9313.311
boat3 1,745.2013.184
guidwife2 1,163.4712.896
fishermen2 1,163.4712.683
aye10 5,817.3412.677
guid8 4,653.8711.768
dune2 1,163.4711.605
boats2 1,163.4711.451
dry4 2,326.9311.319
shop3 1,745.2010.771
hoose7 4,072.1310.646
dried2 1,163.4710.640
tae58 33,740.5510.550
grain2 1,163.4710.404
sumin3 1,745.20nan
maet2 1,163.479.678
summer2 1,163.479.319
lived2 1,163.479.070
neen2 1,163.478.691
chance3 1,745.208.603
teen3 1,745.208.541
faith2 1,163.478.281
ever3 1,745.207.755
as3 1,745.207.590
green3 1,745.207.503
grand2 1,163.476.995
dudno3 1,745.20nan
sam2 1,163.477.425
aa9 5,235.606.784
plenty2 1,163.476.613
his3 1,745.206.611
cockle3 1,745.20nan
keep4 2,326.936.522
livin2 1,163.476.456
things4 2,326.936.378
flat2 1,163.476.306
hard3 1,745.206.283
far4 2,326.935.955
spak2 1,163.475.892
wirk2 1,163.475.439
doon9 5,235.605.413
coo-scones3 1,745.20nan
under2 1,163.475.643
news2 1,163.475.248
bit10 5,817.345.189
if7 4,072.135.171
gotten2 1,163.475.067
sky2 1,163.474.920
awa6 3,490.404.873
weet2 1,163.474.849
fir4 2,326.934.818
met2 1,163.474.712
got5 2,908.674.705
takkin2 1,163.474.581
right3 1,745.204.501
he8 4,653.874.019
than5 2,908.673.916
skurtfu2 1,163.47nan
some6 3,490.403.849
be15 8,726.003.828
rest2 1,163.473.798
oot13 7,562.543.753
alang3 1,745.203.640
bonnie2 1,163.473.563
forby2 1,163.473.432
run2 1,163.473.376
on17 9,889.473.275
or2 1,163.473.150
juist4 2,326.933.030
gettin2 1,163.472.860
muckle4 2,326.932.843
wha3 1,745.202.790
bed2 1,163.472.674
get5 2,908.672.563
up3 1,745.202.493
whit7 4,072.132.325
a40 23,269.342.305
men2 1,163.472.049
her5 2,908.672.042
there2 1,163.471.661
fur2 1,163.471.631
that12 6,980.801.627
maist3 1,745.201.598
road2 1,163.471.598
best2 1,163.471.579
ony3 1,745.201.498
aboot8 4,653.871.376
till2 1,163.471.374
could3 1,745.201.350
atween2 1,163.471.247
better2 1,163.471.161
haddicks2 1,163.47nan
year3 1,745.201.362
days2 1,163.471.064
twa4 2,326.931.026
left2 1,163.470.989
fae7 4,072.130.958
wey3 1,745.200.955
wan2 1,163.470.923
hae6 3,490.400.844
at14 8,144.270.719
like3 1,745.200.566
back5 2,908.670.543
efter3 1,745.200.536
seen2 1,163.470.497
bein2 1,163.470.494
noo4 2,326.930.488
afore3 1,745.200.399
an40 23,269.340.394
cam2 1,163.470.272
sae2 1,163.470.198
guidmife2 1,163.47nan
see2 1,163.470.227
come2 1,163.470.187
in29 16,870.270.179
mair3 1,745.200.088
no5 2,908.670.058
man2 1,163.470.042
had2 1,163.470.039
lang2 1,163.470.035
aff2 1,163.470.032
day3 1,745.200.031
fit2 1,163.470.017
so2 1,163.470.015
been3 1,745.200.007
ower4 2,326.930.005