A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'start'

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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 'start' Shetland 709.1 occurrences per million words 22 authors out of 54 Orkney 377.6 occurrences per million words 12 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 786.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 98.1 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 120.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 16 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 95.6 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 195.2 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 112.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 20 Glasgow 500.8 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 23 West Central 128.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 13.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 49.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 97.3 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) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 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.

'start' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'start' 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 9 total occurrences 117.58 per million words 2002 23 total occurrences 304.87 per million words 2003 29 total occurrences 193.96 per million words 2004 5 total occurrences 47.51 per million words 2005 8 total occurrences 117.68 per million words 2006 17 total occurrences 197.22 per million words 2007 8 total occurrences 86.58 per million words 2008 3 total occurrences 38.18 per million words 2009 38 total occurrences 466.95 per million words 2010 10 total occurrences 85.14 per million words 2011 7 total occurrences 48.22 per million words 2012 45 total occurrences 336.33 per million words 2013 3 total occurrences 40.31 per million words 2014 18 total occurrences 104.65 per million words 2015 11 total occurrences 84.52 per million words 2016 16 total occurrences 105.05 per million words 2017 10 total occurrences 68.76 per million words 2018 4 total occurrences 51.36 per million words 2019 18 total occurrences 187.02 per million words 2020 102 total occurrences 300.47 per million words 2021 132 total occurrences 280.78 per million words 2022 59 total occurrences 270.15 per million words 2023 8 total occurrences 81.96 per million words 2024 9 total occurrences 623.18 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 69.97 4
2001 117.58 9
2002 304.87 23
2003 193.96 29
2004 47.51 5
2005 117.68 8
2006 197.22 17
2007 86.58 8
2008 38.18 3
2009 466.95 38
2010 85.14 10
2011 48.22 7
2012 336.33 45
2013 40.31 3
2014 104.65 18
2015 84.52 11
2016 105.05 16
2017 68.76 10
2018 51.36 4
2019 187.02 18
2020 300.47 102
2021 280.78 132
2022 270.15 59
2023 81.96 8
2024 623.18 9

'start' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
162.60
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
196.13