A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'dark'

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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 'dark' Shetland 290.6 occurrences per million words 22 authors out of 54 Orkney 407.4 occurrences per million words 13 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 134.1 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 59.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 15 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 116.8 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 56.3 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 87.9 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 19 Glasgow 173.7 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 21 West Central 46.0 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 183.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 124.8 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 250.3 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 1,590.1 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.

'dark' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'dark' 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 3 total occurrences 52.48 per million words 2001 9 total occurrences 117.58 per million words 2002 16 total occurrences 212.08 per million words 2003 10 total occurrences 66.88 per million words 2004 12 total occurrences 114.02 per million words 2005 9 total occurrences 132.39 per million words 2006 7 total occurrences 81.21 per million words 2007 7 total occurrences 75.76 per million words 2008 12 total occurrences 152.71 per million words 2009 31 total occurrences 380.93 per million words 2010 18 total occurrences 153.24 per million words 2011 11 total occurrences 75.77 per million words 2012 25 total occurrences 186.85 per million words 2013 9 total occurrences 120.93 per million words 2014 17 total occurrences 98.83 per million words 2015 10 total occurrences 76.84 per million words 2016 13 total occurrences 85.35 per million words 2017 9 total occurrences 61.88 per million words 2018 6 total occurrences 77.05 per million words 2019 8 total occurrences 83.12 per million words 2020 36 total occurrences 112.83 per million words 2021 53 total occurrences 112.74 per million words 2022 28 total occurrences 138.46 per million words 2023 28 total occurrences 311.04 per million words 2024 4 total occurrences 541.79 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.48 3
2001 117.58 9
2002 212.08 16
2003 66.88 10
2004 114.02 12
2005 132.39 9
2006 81.21 7
2007 75.76 7
2008 152.71 12
2009 380.93 31
2010 153.24 18
2011 75.77 11
2012 186.85 25
2013 120.93 9
2014 98.83 17
2015 76.84 10
2016 85.35 13
2017 61.88 9
2018 77.05 6
2019 83.12 8
2020 112.83 36
2021 112.74 53
2022 138.46 28
2023 311.04 28
2024 541.79 4

'dark' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
134.19
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
114.08