A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'meant'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'meant' Shetland 116.2 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 54 Orkney 99.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 131.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 62.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 71.1 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 15 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 339.8 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 North East Central 92.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 130.4 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 131.8 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 19 Glasgow 228.0 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 21 West Central 335.6 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 117.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 99.8 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 111.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'meant' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'meant' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2000 5 total occurrences 87.46 per million words 2001 8 total occurrences 104.52 per million words 2002 11 total occurrences 145.81 per million words 2003 9 total occurrences 60.20 per million words 2004 11 total occurrences 104.52 per million words 2005 2 total occurrences 29.42 per million words 2006 7 total occurrences 81.21 per million words 2007 8 total occurrences 86.58 per million words 2008 8 total occurrences 101.80 per million words 2009 6 total occurrences 73.73 per million words 2010 33 total occurrences 280.95 per million words 2011 18 total occurrences 123.98 per million words 2012 21 total occurrences 156.95 per million words 2013 8 total occurrences 107.50 per million words 2014 30 total occurrences 174.41 per million words 2015 16 total occurrences 122.94 per million words 2016 15 total occurrences 98.48 per million words 2017 14 total occurrences 96.26 per million words 2018 13 total occurrences 166.95 per million words 2019 15 total occurrences 155.85 per million words 2020 52 total occurrences 162.97 per million words 2021 103 total occurrences 219.09 per million words 2022 27 total occurrences 133.51 per million words 2023 14 total occurrences 155.52 per million words 2024 3 total occurrences 406.34 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 87.46 5
2001 104.52 8
2002 145.81 11
2003 60.20 9
2004 104.52 11
2005 29.42 2
2006 81.21 7
2007 86.58 8
2008 101.80 8
2009 73.73 6
2010 280.95 33
2011 123.98 18
2012 156.95 21
2013 107.50 8
2014 174.41 30
2015 122.94 16
2016 98.48 15
2017 96.26 14
2018 166.95 13
2019 155.85 15
2020 162.97 52
2021 219.09 103
2022 133.51 27
2023 155.52 14
2024 406.34 3

'meant' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
116.03
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
160.02