A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'stairs'

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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 'stairs' Shetland 11.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 54 Orkney 109.3 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 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 121.0 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 165.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 15 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 10.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 25.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 87.9 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 19 Glasgow 162.9 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 21 West Central 114.9 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 39.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 62.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 13.9 occurrences per million words 1 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) 94.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'stairs' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'stairs' 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 2 total occurrences 34.98 per million words 2001 2 total occurrences 26.13 per million words 2002 1 total occurrences 13.26 per million words 2003 2 total occurrences 13.38 per million words 2004 18 total occurrences 171.03 per million words 2005 1 total occurrences 14.71 per million words 2006 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2007 2 total occurrences 21.65 per million words 2008 1 total occurrences 12.73 per million words 2009 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2010 8 total occurrences 68.11 per million words 2011 9 total occurrences 61.99 per million words 2012 2 total occurrences 14.95 per million words 2013 8 total occurrences 107.50 per million words 2014 14 total occurrences 81.39 per million words 2015 10 total occurrences 76.84 per million words 2016 12 total occurrences 78.79 per million words 2017 3 total occurrences 20.63 per million words 2018 3 total occurrences 38.53 per million words 2019 5 total occurrences 51.95 per million words 2020 24 total occurrences 75.22 per million words 2021 59 total occurrences 125.50 per million words 2022 15 total occurrences 74.17 per million words 2023 7 total occurrences 77.76 per million words 2024 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 34.98 2
2001 26.13 2
2002 13.26 1
2003 13.38 2
2004 171.03 18
2005 14.71 1
2006 0.00 0
2007 21.65 2
2008 12.73 1
2009 0.00 0
2010 68.11 8
2011 61.99 9
2012 14.95 2
2013 107.50 8
2014 81.39 14
2015 76.84 10
2016 78.79 12
2017 20.63 3
2018 38.53 3
2019 51.95 5
2020 75.22 24
2021 125.50 59
2022 74.17 15
2023 77.76 7
2024 0.00 0

'stairs' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
37.89
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
82.59