A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Ratter, Peter

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,420
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 605
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.347
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, o, he, an, his, a, wis, tae, john, him,

List of texts in corpus

Da Perishin Nort
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (1,420 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
da90 63,380.28420.057
john21 14,788.73122.239
dat17 11,971.8395.828
ring11 7,746.4890.177
crew8 5,633.8069.907
his40 28,169.0164.562
skipper6 4,225.3564.221
hit14 9,859.1559.722
arctic5 3,521.1357.764
energy6 4,225.3551.329
lik12 8,450.7047.467
he42 29,577.4643.893
peerie7 4,929.5835.509
bluish3 2,112.6832.952
hits5 3,521.1332.572
blue7 4,929.5832.567
beard4 2,816.9028.355
john's3 2,112.6828.235
corpse3 2,112.6828.235
him18 12,676.0628.034
snaa4 2,816.9027.875
joost4 2,816.9026.589
voice6 4,225.3526.224
raeson3 2,112.6825.658
nort3 2,112.6825.658
wis36 25,352.1123.549
smacked2 1,408.4522.633
faeder2 1,408.4520.910
frosty3 2,112.6820.040
water4 2,816.9019.896
sprootin2 1,408.4519.728
gazed2 1,408.4519.728
ice4 2,816.9019.189
pebble2 1,408.4518.822
arose2 1,408.4518.087
echoed2 1,408.4518.087
meerie6 4,225.35nan
waukened2 1,408.4518.087
grinned2 1,408.4518.087
meggie'5 3,521.13nan
roosty2 1,408.4518.087
dark4 2,816.9017.517
sorrow2 1,408.4517.468
coulda2 1,408.4517.468
satisfaction2 1,408.4517.468
underneath2 1,408.4516.934
had10 7,042.2516.812
ship3 2,112.6816.754
ragged2 1,408.4516.463
smack2 1,408.4516.463
deck2 1,408.4515.317
wirld2 1,408.4515.317
screams2 1,408.4514.999
craa2 1,408.4514.999
meenits3 2,112.6814.758
port2 1,408.4514.704
head3 2,112.6814.446
hated2 1,408.4514.431
began3 2,112.6813.871
wid8 5,633.8013.604
haand2 1,408.4513.495
trow3 2,112.6813.288
deeper2 1,408.4513.099
grund3 2,112.6812.817
swung2 1,408.4512.741
freezin2 1,408.4512.573
athin3 2,112.6812.435
whar3 2,112.6812.030
sail2 1,408.4511.967
roared2 1,408.4511.829
icy2 1,408.4511.696
pool2 1,408.4511.568
geen2 1,408.4511.568
mind6 4,225.3511.218
dey4 2,816.9010.837
stood3 2,112.6810.735
whaar2 1,408.4510.382
gret2 1,408.4510.114
except2 1,408.459.706
starin2 1,408.459.706
den2 1,408.459.554
fir5 3,521.139.383
afore7 4,929.589.369
finger2 1,408.458.816
intae8 5,633.808.179
boys2 1,408.458.002
noticed2 1,408.457.906
somethin3 2,112.687.670
pick2 1,408.457.105
colour2 1,408.457.068
fae10 7,042.256.755
dir2 1,408.456.517
glowed2 1,408.45nan
hand2 1,408.456.647
under2 1,408.456.362
deep2 1,408.455.486
cut2 1,408.455.261
o42 29,577.464.924
too2 1,408.454.893
night2 1,408.454.854
whin2 1,408.454.512
story2 1,408.454.252
white2 1,408.454.205
sea2 1,408.454.205
black2 1,408.454.205
face3 2,112.684.133
fell2 1,408.453.887
foo2 1,408.453.846
hair2 1,408.453.766
aff5 3,521.133.593
nim2 1,408.45nan
dis3 2,112.683.632
should2 1,408.453.444
telt3 2,112.683.112
didna3 2,112.683.112
man4 2,816.903.107
nev2 1,408.45nan
as14 9,859.152.738
upa2 1,408.45nan
watter2 1,408.452.660
right2 1,408.452.380
side2 1,408.452.030
or2 1,408.451.976
haed3 2,112.681.938
set2 1,408.451.726
far2 1,408.451.533
last2 1,408.451.500
skarvald2 1,408.45nan
it12 8,450.701.472
oot9 6,338.031.350
was3 2,112.681.338
in17 11,971.831.327
and13 9,154.931.274
wir2 1,408.451.241
life2 1,408.451.119
efter3 2,112.681.006
but8 5,633.800.985
its3 2,112.680.845
still2 1,408.450.681
cam2 1,408.450.587
auld3 2,112.680.581
at7 4,929.580.537
could2 1,408.450.512
aa4 2,816.900.506
some3 2,112.680.474
come2 1,408.450.460
doon2 1,408.450.426
muckle2 1,408.450.409
back4 2,816.900.385
an40 28,169.010.322
ower4 2,816.900.203
lang2 1,408.450.196
when2 1,408.450.168
been2 1,408.450.141
aboot5 3,521.130.130
garbed2 1,408.45nan
tae29 20,422.540.078
on8 5,633.800.075
were2 1,408.450.073
a40 28,169.010.072
noo2 1,408.450.044
up5 3,521.130.042
wi10 7,042.250.037
if2 1,408.450.009
twa2 1,408.450.004
be7 4,929.580.003
of2 1,408.450.002
said2 1,408.450.002