A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Williamson, Inga

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 553
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 264
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.095
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - and, a, tae, the, ye, hid, wae, o, be, that,

List of texts in corpus


Facebook (February 13, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (278 words)


Facebook (March 19, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (145 words)


Facebook (March 5, 2017) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as social (130 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
iny4 7,233.2755.464
and23 41,591.3246.779
wae10 18,083.1843.543
phrases4 7,233.2739.624
members4 7,233.2738.505
yir6 10,849.9137.391
hid10 18,083.1833.591
words6 10,849.9132.851
wur7 12,658.2330.810
aal5 9,041.5930.649
hiv6 10,849.9128.480
mibbe4 7,233.2726.978
reevlers2 3,616.6424.683
faered2 3,616.6424.683
whitivir2 3,616.6424.683
week4 7,233.2722.646
posted2 3,616.6421.235
thank3 5,424.9520.148
leisure2 3,616.6419.805
cin2 3,616.6417.685
activity2 3,616.6417.685
teu2 3,616.6417.037
fok2 3,616.6417.037
iss2 3,616.6415.844
add2 3,616.6415.425
wonder2 3,616.6414.813
own2 3,616.6414.702
welcome2 3,616.6413.907
try3 5,424.9513.459
don3 5,424.9513.435
subject2 3,616.6413.324
ye11 19,891.5012.858
so5 9,041.5912.696
lit2 3,616.6412.191
usual2 3,616.6412.191
the15 27,124.7711.806
no7 12,658.2311.147
new4 7,233.2711.001
somebody2 3,616.6410.800
weeks2 3,616.6410.206
might2 3,616.6410.138
thir3 5,424.959.681
gae2 3,616.648.793
be9 16,274.868.782
disna2 3,616.648.770
ll4 7,233.278.260
wir3 5,424.958.174
word2 3,616.648.168
kind2 3,616.647.722
this7 12,658.237.016
mind3 5,424.956.876
should2 3,616.646.764
t3 5,424.956.729
if4 7,233.276.258
fer2 3,616.646.247
git2 3,616.646.080
you4 7,233.275.193
go2 3,616.645.007
in3 5,424.954.979
wye2 3,616.644.923
here3 5,424.954.788
weel3 5,424.954.485
afore3 5,424.954.454
it2 3,616.644.316
seen2 3,616.643.496
i7 12,658.233.329
still2 3,616.643.179
wis2 3,616.643.051
think2 3,616.643.048
will2 3,616.642.786
time3 5,424.952.679
reevlan2 3,616.64nan
aboot4 7,233.272.395
guid2 3,616.642.142
ither2 3,616.641.893
on6 10,849.911.591
of2 3,616.641.419
some2 3,616.641.381
bit3 5,424.951.335
fur3 5,424.951.300
can2 3,616.641.161
noo2 3,616.640.997
at2 3,616.640.809
tae15 27,124.770.773
day2 3,616.640.657
is5 9,041.590.652
or3 5,424.950.634
that7 12,658.230.401
wi3 5,424.950.348
up3 5,424.950.317
o10 18,083.180.191
fae2 3,616.640.146
oot2 3,616.640.047
me2 3,616.640.031
they2 3,616.640.011
his3 5,424.950.009
a16 28,933.090.004
s4 7,233.270.002