A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Skea, Bessie

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 406
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 143
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.839
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, and, i, elder-flooer, luv, my, o, a, fur, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (114 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (171 words)
Gallows Ha - Earth-bound
Abersee Press (2022-11-02 ) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as poetry (121 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
luv11 27,093.60153.441
githered8 19,704.43103.810
wine6 14,778.3355.282
elder-flooer12 29,556.65nan
clos4 9,852.2255.316
my11 27,093.6054.976
honey4 9,852.2244.967
honeymoon3 7,389.1642.709
i18 44,334.9842.338
becis3 7,389.1638.892
cannot3 7,389.1637.649
flooer4 9,852.2236.766
haimlock7 17,241.38nan
and18 44,334.9838.530
root3 7,389.1633.718
hert5 12,315.2729.181
fruit3 7,389.1626.937
mine4 9,852.2226.124
night4 9,852.2224.335
mak6 14,778.3323.875
wae6 14,778.3323.699
echoes2 4,926.1122.474
sweet3 7,389.1621.679
oh4 9,852.2220.410
citris3 7,389.16nan
fur8 19,704.4318.643
sweetned3 7,389.16nan
swim2 4,926.1119.420
dim2 4,926.1118.477
aal3 7,389.1617.061
told2 4,926.1115.227
search2 4,926.1114.709
moon2 4,926.1113.355
grape4 9,852.22nan
baet2 4,926.1123.094
chincher4 9,852.22nan
apon2 4,926.1123.094
still4 9,852.2213.342
grew2 4,926.1112.396
tale2 4,926.1111.740
wind2 4,926.1110.838
sky2 4,926.1110.234
not2 4,926.119.941
voice2 4,926.119.256
loang2 4,926.11nan
me6 14,778.339.056
ahint2 4,926.118.344
till2 4,926.115.933
keep2 4,926.115.858
wur2 4,926.115.255
life2 4,926.114.910
the34 83,743.844.422
new2 4,926.114.142
hif2 4,926.11nan
did2 4,926.114.012
will2 4,926.113.773
thair2 4,926.113.398
doon3 7,389.163.141
that7 17,241.381.840
it3 7,389.160.764
like2 4,926.110.671
him2 4,926.110.630
a10 24,630.540.337
wis3 7,389.160.318
o10 24,630.540.296
but2 4,926.110.105
as2 4,926.110.104
is3 7,389.160.093
he3 7,389.160.091
tae8 19,704.430.063
ah2 4,926.110.020
sparklan2 4,926.11nan
his2 4,926.110.048
sun-dried3 7,389.16nan
haild2 4,926.11nan