Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Watt, Roseanne

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 541
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 306
Ratio of total words to unique words - 1.768
Tagged as SHD (Shetland) dialect.
Top ten most common words - de, o, i, dy, dat, a, me, du, an, tae,

List of texts in corpus

Moder Dy
Polygon (2019-05-23 ) in Shetland dialect (SHD), categorised as poetry (541 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.

Word	Count	Normalised per million	Keyness
de	36	66,543.44	424.905
dy	11	20,332.72	106.440
du	10	18,484.29	76.687
dat	10	18,484.29	64.069
du's	4	7,393.72	45.379
aert	3	5,545.29	35.923
lik	6	11,090.57	26.655
slockit	2	3,696.86	24.773
dese	2	3,696.86	23.589
saand	2	3,696.86	23.589
joost	3	5,545.29	23.479
whaar	3	5,545.29	23.344
shoormal	2	3,696.86	22.682
blöd	2	3,696.86	22.682
uncan	2	3,696.86	21.946
steps	3	5,545.29	20.362
dere	3	5,545.29	19.678
laeve	2	3,696.86	19.165
me	10	18,484.29	18.731
apo	2	3,696.86	18.549
rees	3	5,545.29	nan
wirld	2	3,696.86	18.549
veins	2	3,696.86	18.016
saat	2	3,696.86	17.775
dem	3	5,545.29	15.874
i	12	22,181.15	14.508
island	2	3,696.86	13.996
mindin	2	3,696.86	13.115
wance	2	3,696.86	12.974
fir	4	7,393.72	12.695
ide	3	5,545.29	nan
dee	3	5,545.29	12.317
ir	3	5,545.29	12.087
licht	3	5,545.29	11.939
made	4	7,393.72	11.528
lass	2	3,696.86	11.095
mibbe	2	3,696.86	10.730
wirds	3	5,545.29	10.606
my	4	7,393.72	10.224
dir	2	3,696.86	10.125
o	23	42,513.86	9.795
wye	3	5,545.29	9.674
atween	3	5,545.29	9.319
sang	2	3,696.86	8.809
wilt	2	3,696.86	nan
wan	3	5,545.29	8.497
dis	3	5,545.29	8.441
here	4	7,393.72	8.419
fin	3	5,545.29	7.339
dey	2	3,696.86	6.376
ta	2	3,696.86	5.142
gied	2	3,696.86	5.017
its	3	5,545.29	4.560
wir	2	3,696.86	4.096
by	3	5,545.29	3.289
see	3	5,545.29	3.199
it's	2	3,696.86	3.107
an	8	14,787.43	3.053
a	10	18,484.29	2.579
is	6	11,090.57	1.727
hae	3	5,545.29	1.672
da	3	5,545.29	1.541
gaets	2	3,696.86	nan
tae	8	14,787.43	1.294
noo	2	3,696.86	1.044
as	2	3,696.86	0.613
whit	2	3,696.86	0.506
wis	7	12,939.00	0.416
wi	3	5,545.29	0.299
her	2	3,696.86	0.238
no	2	3,696.86	0.226