A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sinclair, James

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 935
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 457
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.046
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, an, o, a, his, wis, wi, in, fur, dey,

List of texts in corpus

Murmansk
Scottish Poetry Library (01-01-2019) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (275 words)

Makkin Hame
Shetland For Wirds (2018) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (506 words)

Yarnin
Shetland For Wirds (2001) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (154 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
da95 101,604.28534.399
willie7 7,486.6357.174
dey10 10,695.1952.491
yun4 4,278.0739.520
charlotte3 3,208.5633.875
sail4 4,278.0733.029
dat7 7,486.6332.812
tide4 4,278.0731.431
wadder3 3,208.5630.740
shu3 3,208.5630.740
dir5 5,347.5929.209
wirkin4 4,278.0726.434
johnnie3 3,208.5626.368
stroods2 2,139.0424.305
anne3 3,208.5622.942
sea5 5,347.5922.842
darkenin2 2,139.0422.581
convoys2 2,139.0422.581
filt2 2,139.0422.581
baa3 3,208.5622.524
ta6 6,417.1121.572
waves3 3,208.5620.641
hit6 6,417.1120.626
naa2 2,139.0420.491
hailed2 2,139.0420.491
beach3 3,208.5620.355
du4 4,278.0719.469
sailed2 2,139.0419.136
skipper2 2,139.0417.707
creel2 2,139.0417.707
cowld2 2,139.0417.327
sam3 3,208.5616.445
trowe2 2,139.0415.151
ida2 2,139.0414.393
wind3 3,208.5613.867
muckle6 6,417.1113.730
taes2 2,139.0413.615
boats2 2,139.0413.615
fur10 10,695.1913.257
aff7 7,486.6312.859
gale2 2,139.0412.734
ower9 9,625.6712.566
his15 16,042.7811.716
whin3 3,208.5611.269
roond3 3,208.5610.689
set4 4,278.0710.577
sees2 2,139.0410.311
herd2 2,139.0410.023
boys2 2,139.049.604
dere2 2,139.049.507
geordie2 2,139.049.053
an40 42,780.759.053
licht3 3,208.568.931
dan2 2,139.048.766
waitin2 2,139.048.150
tae9 9,625.677.866
feelin2 2,139.047.428
boy2 2,139.047.217
cam4 4,278.077.121
point2 2,139.047.018
dem2 2,139.046.994
warm2 2,139.046.970
peerie2 2,139.046.899
lik3 3,208.566.522
voice2 2,139.046.146
white2 2,139.045.675
wan3 3,208.565.661
lang4 4,278.075.437
fell2 2,139.045.336
turn2 2,139.045.151
wid4 4,278.075.068
feet2 2,139.044.763
mind3 3,208.564.273
saw2 2,139.043.578
let2 2,139.043.530
hed2 2,139.043.346
lobsters2 2,139.04nan
how2 2,139.043.610
wey3 3,208.563.167
heid3 3,208.563.002
wi12 12,834.222.977
s3 3,208.562.855
up7 7,486.632.524
dis2 2,139.042.456
day4 4,278.072.005
oot7 7,486.631.965
richt3 3,208.561.929
twa3 3,208.561.726
een2 2,139.041.700
itill2 2,139.04nan
wheelhouse2 2,139.04nan
micht2 2,139.041.639
mak2 2,139.041.475
could2 2,139.041.398
come2 2,139.041.322
a22 23,529.411.197
aw4 4,278.071.180
in11 11,764.710.981
on8 8,556.150.758
be3 3,208.560.711
fae4 4,278.070.704
o23 24,598.930.673
wis12 12,834.220.671
afore2 2,139.040.581
we5 5,347.590.364
said2 2,139.040.351
her6 6,417.110.287
him2 2,139.040.101
as5 5,347.590.099
no2 2,139.040.078
jamsie2 2,139.04nan
you2 2,139.040.062
i6 6,417.110.054
nae3 3,208.560.041
aa2 2,139.040.020
back2 2,139.040.005
he8 8,556.150.004
doon2 2,139.040.000