A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'can'

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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 'can' Shetland 2,034.4 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 54 Orkney 1,560.0 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,371.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 783.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 1,157.6 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 2,150.5 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 17 South Northern 1,139.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 4 Dundee 297.4 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 North East Central 642.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,714.7 occurrences per million words 31 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 1,320.3 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 20 Glasgow 989.8 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 23 West Central 1,513.4 occurrences per million words 28 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 843.5 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 1,235.4 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 1,185.5 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1,798.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,067.0 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 465.1 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 853.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 2,369.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 1,034.9 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'can' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'can' 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 2025 2026 2000 97 total occurrences 1,693.17 per million words 2001 116 total occurrences 1,515.53 per million words 2002 140 total occurrences 1,853.30 per million words 2003 298 total occurrences 1,991.79 per million words 2004 164 total occurrences 1,558.24 per million words 2005 86 total occurrences 1,265.04 per million words 2006 106 total occurrences 1,229.74 per million words 2007 108 total occurrences 986.72 per million words 2008 157 total occurrences 1,997.91 per million words 2009 112 total occurrences 1,376.26 per million words 2010 135 total occurrences 1,149.34 per million words 2011 294 total occurrences 2,025.07 per million words 2012 177 total occurrences 1,322.88 per million words 2013 70 total occurrences 940.59 per million words 2014 208 total occurrences 1,155.24 per million words 2015 350 total occurrences 2,689.37 per million words 2016 233 total occurrences 1,529.79 per million words 2017 163 total occurrences 1,120.73 per million words 2018 130 total occurrences 1,669.34 per million words 2019 191 total occurrences 1,984.48 per million words 2020 545 total occurrences 1,658.93 per million words 2021 583 total occurrences 1,379.52 per million words 2022 292 total occurrences 1,427.22 per million words 2023 143 total occurrences 1,148.06 per million words 2024 177 total occurrences 2,075.03 per million words 2025 25 total occurrences 2,053.89 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 1,693.17 97
2001 1,515.53 116
2002 1,853.30 140
2003 1,991.79 298
2004 1,558.24 164
2005 1,265.04 86
2006 1,229.74 106
2007 986.72 108
2008 1,997.91 157
2009 1,376.26 112
2010 1,149.34 135
2011 2,025.07 294
2012 1,322.88 177
2013 940.59 70
2014 1,155.24 208
2015 2,689.37 350
2016 1,529.79 233
2017 1,120.73 163
2018 1,669.34 130
2019 1,984.48 191
2020 1,658.93 545
2021 1,379.52 583
2022 1,427.22 292
2023 1,148.06 143
2024 2,075.03 177
2025 2,053.89 25
2026 0.00 0

'can' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
1,516.17
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
1,551.16