A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'simple'

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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 'simple' Shetland 46.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 54 Orkney 39.7 occurrences per million words 3 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 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 39.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 32.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 16 South Northern 325.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 276.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 33.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 62.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 20 Glasgow 45.5 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 23 West Central 78.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 65.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 199.6 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 69.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 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.

'simple' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'simple' 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 4 total occurrences 69.97 per million words 2001 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2002 2 total occurrences 26.51 per million words 2003 6 total occurrences 40.13 per million words 2004 1 total occurrences 9.50 per million words 2005 1 total occurrences 14.71 per million words 2006 9 total occurrences 104.41 per million words 2007 6 total occurrences 64.94 per million words 2008 4 total occurrences 50.90 per million words 2009 6 total occurrences 73.73 per million words 2010 5 total occurrences 42.57 per million words 2011 8 total occurrences 55.10 per million words 2012 8 total occurrences 59.79 per million words 2013 4 total occurrences 53.75 per million words 2014 13 total occurrences 75.58 per million words 2015 10 total occurrences 76.84 per million words 2016 9 total occurrences 59.09 per million words 2017 24 total occurrences 165.02 per million words 2018 5 total occurrences 64.21 per million words 2019 10 total occurrences 103.90 per million words 2020 17 total occurrences 50.08 per million words 2021 34 total occurrences 72.32 per million words 2022 16 total occurrences 73.26 per million words 2023 7 total occurrences 71.71 per million words 2024 1 total occurrences 69.24 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 69.97 4
2001 0.00 0
2002 26.51 2
2003 40.13 6
2004 9.50 1
2005 14.71 1
2006 104.41 9
2007 64.94 6
2008 50.90 4
2009 73.73 6
2010 42.57 5
2011 55.10 8
2012 59.79 8
2013 53.75 4
2014 75.58 13
2015 76.84 10
2016 59.09 9
2017 165.02 24
2018 64.21 5
2019 103.90 10
2020 50.08 17
2021 72.32 34
2022 73.26 16
2023 71.71 7
2024 69.24 1

'simple' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
47.36
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
75.43