A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Towrie, David

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,719
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 449
Ratio of total words to unique words - 3.829
Tagged as ORK (Orkney) dialect.
Top ten most common words - the, o', tae, wis, hid, a, an, they, for, in,

List of texts in corpus

Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale
Orkneyjar (01-01-2010) in Orkney dialect (ORK), categorised as prose (1,719 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
o'58 33,740.55457.707
tang28 16,288.54321.899
banks25 14,543.34240.004
hid43 25,014.54171.780
wae26 15,125.07104.738
ap10 5,817.34102.213
thir20 11,634.6794.195
whin16 9,307.7494.047
gaan12 6,980.8089.492
heem7 4,072.1377.709
they40 23,269.3477.450
wather8 4,653.8766.855
wid20 11,634.6759.393
ais5 2,908.6755.851
ether5 2,908.6751.868
geed6 3,490.4051.338
fishin7 4,072.1349.560
errands4 2,326.9343.742
meed4 2,326.9340.297
nee4 2,326.9340.297
wis49 28,504.9439.414
the165 95,986.0438.776
sea8 4,653.8734.511
evenin5 2,908.6734.193
everyeen3 1,745.2034.033
comin9 5,235.6033.162
for32 18,615.4732.413
peedie5 2,908.6732.283
abune5 2,908.6731.858
wark9 5,235.6031.752
guidman4 2,326.9330.182
them16 9,307.7430.020
wir10 5,817.3428.602
weel13 7,562.5426.581
log3 1,745.2026.334
ebb3 1,745.2026.334
thowt3 1,745.2024.016
dryin3 1,745.2023.556
whar5 2,908.6723.190
skailed3 1,745.2022.357
fish5 2,908.6722.091
haals2 1,163.4721.869
codlins2 1,163.4721.869
needfu2 1,163.4721.869
wirkin4 2,326.9321.644
teu3 1,745.2021.363
time14 8,144.2720.914
pair5 2,908.6719.755
it4 2,326.9319.601
hed7 4,072.1319.520
and29 16,870.2719.404
gather2 1,163.4718.964
farder2 1,163.4718.060
speel2 1,163.4718.060
sheu3 1,745.2017.984
grund4 2,326.9317.866
sune3 1,745.2017.816
gathered2 1,163.4717.325
pot3 1,745.2016.622
rocks3 1,745.2016.358
steens3 1,745.2016.231
luk3 1,745.2016.107
ashore2 1,163.4715.703
folk6 3,490.4015.440
hids2 1,163.4715.283
fire5 2,908.6715.083
baith7 4,072.1315.058
deu2 1,163.4714.904
fore3 1,745.2014.602
wak2 1,163.4713.947
cuttit2 1,163.4713.947
set6 3,490.4013.733
linn2 1,163.4713.674
keepit3 1,745.2013.494
night4 2,326.9313.377
boat3 1,745.2013.266
guidwife2 1,163.4712.953
fishermen2 1,163.4712.740
aye10 5,817.3412.707
dune2 1,163.4711.661
guid8 4,653.8711.613
dry4 2,326.9311.423
boats2 1,163.4711.217
shop3 1,745.2010.852
hoose7 4,072.1310.648
dried2 1,163.4710.576
tae58 33,740.5510.502
grain2 1,163.4710.460
maet2 1,163.479.734
summer2 1,163.479.207
sumin3 1,745.20nan
lived2 1,163.479.126
neen2 1,163.478.746
chance3 1,745.208.681
teen3 1,745.208.619
faith2 1,163.478.336
ever3 1,745.207.806
as3 1,745.207.581
green3 1,745.207.579
sam2 1,163.477.049
dudno3 1,745.20nan
grand2 1,163.477.049
plenty2 1,163.476.626
aa9 5,235.606.624
his3 1,745.206.603
livin2 1,163.476.509
cockle3 1,745.20nan
keep4 2,326.936.575
flat2 1,163.476.322
hard3 1,745.206.282
things4 2,326.936.216
far4 2,326.935.963
spak2 1,163.475.945
under2 1,163.475.665
wirk2 1,163.475.435
doon9 5,235.605.388
coo-scones3 1,745.20nan
news2 1,163.475.246
bit10 5,817.345.222
if7 4,072.135.147
gotten2 1,163.475.118
awa6 3,490.404.893
fir4 2,326.934.884
sky2 1,163.474.876
weet2 1,163.474.830
met2 1,163.474.674
got5 2,908.674.599
takkin2 1,163.474.567
right3 1,745.204.557
he8 4,653.874.012
than5 2,908.673.943
some6 3,490.403.889
be15 8,726.003.856
rest2 1,163.473.813
oot13 7,562.543.770
alang3 1,745.203.630
forby2 1,163.473.464
run2 1,163.473.394
on17 9,889.473.234
or2 1,163.473.191
juist4 2,326.933.069
muckle4 2,326.932.904
gettin2 1,163.472.871
wha3 1,745.202.730
bed2 1,163.472.687
get5 2,908.672.577
up3 1,745.202.502
a40 23,269.342.411
whit7 4,072.132.388
men2 1,163.472.020
her5 2,908.671.957
skurtfu2 1,163.47nan
bonnie2 1,163.473.611
fur2 1,163.471.719
there2 1,163.471.667
that12 6,980.801.647
maist3 1,745.201.596
road2 1,163.471.586
best2 1,163.471.580
ony3 1,745.201.526
could3 1,745.201.389
year3 1,745.201.382
aboot8 4,653.871.376
atween2 1,163.471.247
better2 1,163.471.158
days2 1,163.471.046
twa4 2,326.931.002
left2 1,163.470.997
fae7 4,072.130.992
wey3 1,745.200.969
haddicks2 1,163.47nan
till2 1,163.471.347
wan2 1,163.470.905
hae6 3,490.400.800
at14 8,144.270.741
back5 2,908.670.575
like3 1,745.200.546
efter3 1,745.200.524
seen2 1,163.470.514
bein2 1,163.470.490
noo4 2,326.930.457
an40 23,269.340.437
afore3 1,745.200.399
guidmife2 1,163.47nan
cam2 1,163.470.286
see2 1,163.470.225
sae2 1,163.470.199
come2 1,163.470.195
in29 16,870.270.175
mair3 1,745.200.092
no5 2,908.670.065
had2 1,163.470.053
man2 1,163.470.041
lang2 1,163.470.037
aff2 1,163.470.032
day3 1,745.200.029
fit2 1,163.470.019
so2 1,163.470.018
ower4 2,326.930.007
been3 1,745.200.005