A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isbister, Sonny

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 752
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 292
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.575
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - da, dey, and, a, cave, trow, tae, joahny, wis, in,

List of texts in corpus

Caves aroond Shetland
Young Shetland Writer (01-01-2010) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as prose (752 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
dey37 49,202.13310.328
da54 71,808.51264.805
cave16 21,276.60168.115
trow16 21,276.60146.228
peerie8 10,638.3052.733
dir7 9,308.5148.683
dan6 7,978.7242.003
were11 14,627.6635.776
troo3 3,989.3635.183
joahny13 17,287.23nan
said12 15,957.4537.318
beach4 5,319.1531.249
gied7 9,308.5129.651
tunnel3 3,989.3626.945
and20 26,595.7426.056
jeamie9 11,968.09nan
sunny3 3,989.3626.297
becis2 2,659.5725.177
waalkin2 2,659.5725.177
mackerel2 2,659.5725.177
crabs2 2,659.5725.177
anidder3 3,989.3622.555
followed3 3,989.3622.085
dis6 7,978.7220.977
fun4 5,319.1520.960
fraser2 2,659.5718.196
dere3 3,989.3617.944
explore2 2,659.5716.958
waater2 2,659.5716.958
dad3 3,989.3616.339
lots2 2,659.5716.017
bright2 2,659.5714.622
dem3 3,989.3614.064
so6 7,978.7213.919
both2 2,659.5712.783
shore2 2,659.5712.604
shouted2 2,659.5712.269
magic2 2,659.5711.960
startit2 2,659.5711.283
all3 3,989.3611.167
an7 9,308.5110.697
but10 13,297.8710.529
broo2 2,659.5710.209
when5 6,648.9410.167
lookit2 2,659.579.895
decided2 2,659.579.605
sandsound3 3,989.36nan
faa2 2,659.579.526
intae6 7,978.729.272
mam2 2,659.579.017
right3 3,989.368.808
hed3 3,989.368.232
couldna2 2,659.578.171
boy2 2,659.578.039
while3 3,989.367.831
believe2 2,659.577.334
until2 2,659.577.250
middle2 2,659.577.188
just3 3,989.367.098
because2 2,659.577.009
wan3 3,989.366.771
have2 2,659.575.625
different2 2,659.575.574
een3 3,989.365.361
joahnny3 3,989.36nan
green2 2,659.576.572
took2 2,659.575.215
look2 2,659.574.202
got3 3,989.364.135
side2 2,659.574.014
go2 2,659.573.946
wid3 3,989.363.489
here3 3,989.363.379
last2 2,659.573.361
wis13 17,287.233.261
to3 3,989.362.970
back4 5,319.152.766
made2 2,659.572.359
o10 13,297.872.310
cam2 2,659.572.094
see3 3,989.361.898
hoose2 2,659.571.782
first2 2,659.571.713
fiss2 2,659.57nan
as2 2,659.571.890
for2 2,659.571.461
been3 3,989.361.458
fae4 5,319.151.451
his7 9,308.511.421
a17 22,606.381.307
aa3 3,989.361.261
on7 9,308.511.027
m2 2,659.570.981
tae13 17,287.230.676
bit3 3,989.360.509
it11 14,627.660.500
s4 5,319.150.497
up2 2,659.570.312
he8 10,638.300.290
starfish2 2,659.57nan
you2 2,659.570.281
we4 5,319.150.281
at6 7,978.720.267
aboot3 3,989.360.231
day2 2,659.570.191
wi5 6,648.940.072
i4 5,319.150.035
be4 5,319.150.013
in12 15,957.450.006
nowhar2 2,659.57nan
oot3 3,989.360.008
him2 2,659.570.000