A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacInnes, Morag

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,268
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 634
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, a, o, an, in, he, no, you, on, to,

List of texts in corpus

Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North
University of Edinburgh (2014 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (1,268 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
thee10 7,886.4473.204
owld5 3,943.2243.239
peedie6 4,731.8643.182
tae2 1,577.2940.526
hid'll3 2,365.9335.867
to13 10,252.3732.538
you15 11,829.6531.321
do6 4,731.8626.143
eye4 3,154.5724.701
hands4 3,154.5724.167
hadd3 2,365.9323.496
pomegranate2 1,577.2923.091
no15 11,829.6522.198
sand3 2,365.9321.584
sheu3 2,365.9319.297
hot3 2,365.9318.287
ware2 1,577.2916.919
weet4 3,154.5716.882
just6 4,731.8615.928
thowt2 1,577.2914.884
yur3 2,365.9314.744
shell2 1,577.2914.388
clappit2 1,577.2914.388
size3 2,365.9314.332
saw5 3,943.2214.177
slap2 1,577.2914.161
tight2 1,577.2913.947
peat2 1,577.2913.744
red3 2,365.9313.532
geed2 1,577.2913.192
thou2 1,577.2913.024
guts2 1,577.2912.709
stoor2 1,577.2912.417
een6 4,731.8612.385
nails2 1,577.2912.279
withoot3 2,365.9312.259
dig2 1,577.2911.430
shall2 1,577.2911.323
sweat2 1,577.2911.219
fur11 8,675.0811.155
here's2 1,577.2910.736
grip2 1,577.299.998
ken7 5,520.509.829
thy2 1,577.299.642
beasts2 1,577.299.575
good3 2,365.939.545
bank2 1,577.299.381
kent5 3,943.228.956
lass2 1,577.297.811
mibbe2 1,577.297.459
earth2 1,577.297.422
colour2 1,577.297.422
learn2 1,577.297.314
fingers2 1,577.296.909
whit8 6,309.156.755
under2 1,577.296.724
bloody2 1,577.296.694
hid6 4,731.866.468
our2 1,577.296.380
oot12 9,463.726.188
cut2 1,577.295.628
aal2 1,577.295.521
night2 1,577.295.221
hill2 1,577.295.183
thu'll3 2,365.93nan
tongue2 1,577.295.852
gundyman3 2,365.93nan
watter3 2,365.936.490
on15 11,829.655.153
keep3 2,365.934.984
lik3 2,365.934.974
like8 6,309.154.797
o38 29,968.454.755
bairns3 2,365.934.679
sea2 1,577.294.568
black2 1,577.294.568
nivver2 1,577.294.553
pit4 3,154.574.439
wur3 2,365.934.191
open2 1,577.294.177
roon3 2,365.934.104
she12 9,463.723.865
her12 9,463.723.749
he18 14,195.583.645
sun2 1,577.293.637
hoo2 1,577.293.485
that's2 1,577.293.422
them5 3,943.223.071
that7 5,520.502.927
mind3 2,365.932.915
up9 7,097.792.782
right2 1,577.292.709
at4 3,154.572.605
your2 1,577.292.588
his12 9,463.722.587
an24 18,927.442.585
hiv2 1,577.292.574
eld2 1,577.29nan
let2 1,577.292.559
name2 1,577.292.481
side2 1,577.292.345
go2 1,577.292.287
tho2 1,577.292.243
be3 2,365.932.235
what2 1,577.291.962
it10 7,886.441.836
days2 1,577.291.796
me7 5,520.501.785
this8 6,309.151.701
place2 1,577.291.643
wan2 1,577.291.625
by4 3,154.571.577
wi6 4,731.861.481
says2 1,577.291.433
or2 1,577.291.421
here3 2,365.931.373
big2 1,577.291.251
new2 1,577.290.875
i10 7,886.440.831
cam2 1,577.290.801
did2 1,577.290.796
of3 2,365.930.770
him5 3,943.220.690
wis10 7,886.440.643
there2 1,577.290.563
first2 1,577.290.540
birlan2 1,577.29nan
if3 2,365.930.535
aaf2 1,577.29nan
couldna2 1,577.296.169
as6 4,731.860.442
ower4 3,154.570.431
heid2 1,577.290.405
noo3 2,365.930.372
when2 1,577.290.305
then2 1,577.290.290
so2 1,577.290.283
kennan2 1,577.29nan
wid2 1,577.290.258
in22 17,350.160.243
they4 3,154.570.188
aedie2 1,577.29nan
and7 5,520.500.234
is9 7,097.790.171
weel2 1,577.290.156
back2 1,577.290.140
aedie's2 1,577.29nan
day3 2,365.930.122
are2 1,577.290.107
fae4 3,154.570.081
us2 1,577.290.071
said2 1,577.290.040
time2 1,577.290.029
a38 29,968.450.016
the74 58,359.620.006
we5 3,943.220.003
but5 3,943.220.001