A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Sclater, Kathryn

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 536
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 285
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.881
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - a, the, and, sheu, tae, stone, hid, o, he, in,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Five Signs
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (279 words)
Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (257 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
sheu10 18,656.72103.783
stone8 14,925.3789.425
hid's5 9,328.3655.326
buddy5 9,328.3651.367
whar6 11,194.0343.176
cat6 11,194.0338.403
whit's5 9,328.3638.327
wrong4 7,462.6936.375
liv3 5,597.0135.979
yu3 5,597.0130.536
hiv6 11,194.0328.680
milk4 7,462.6926.836
hoo5 9,328.3624.934
hid8 14,925.3723.944
battle3 5,597.0122.886
plaid2 3,731.3422.719
chapel2 3,731.3421.362
mole2 3,731.3420.353
lass3 5,597.0119.056
cowld2 3,731.3418.882
dis5 9,328.3618.868
din2 3,731.3417.368
dae6 11,194.0316.313
sink2 3,731.3415.970
disna3 5,597.0115.604
cloot2 3,731.3415.173
built2 3,731.3414.719
yi3 5,597.0114.325
luk2 3,731.3413.528
wan4 7,462.6913.503
and12 22,388.0612.540
signs2 3,731.3411.678
daes2 3,731.3411.131
heavy2 3,731.3410.965
wae4 7,462.6910.738
a30 55,970.1510.570
thir3 5,597.019.821
fear2 3,731.349.640
keep3 5,597.019.482
boy2 3,731.349.286
er2 3,731.349.158
hivan3 5,597.01nan
since2 3,731.348.868
burn2 3,731.348.776
each2 3,731.348.493
a'm2 3,731.348.309
whin2 3,731.348.040
fine3 5,597.017.924
five2 3,731.347.895
who2 3,731.346.856
me6 11,194.036.531
feel2 3,731.345.692
left2 3,731.344.417
whit4 7,462.694.309
the22 41,044.783.069
you3 5,597.012.779
that2 3,731.342.715
so2 3,731.342.184
i6 11,194.032.091
efter2 3,731.342.030
o7 13,059.701.761
aff2 3,731.341.581
bit3 5,597.011.434
by2 3,731.341.155
see2 3,731.341.106
noo2 3,731.341.065
he7 13,059.700.997
at2 3,731.340.714
or3 5,597.010.709
tae9 16,791.040.607
this3 5,597.010.382
there2 3,731.340.248
in7 13,059.700.239
her2 3,731.340.224
fae2 3,731.340.178
is4 7,462.690.137
wis6 11,194.030.068
his3 5,597.010.002
wi4 7,462.690.000