A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'listen'

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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 'listen' Shetland 186.0 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 54 Orkney 129.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 246.1 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 117.7 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 76.6 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 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 46.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 200.3 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 106.4 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 173.0 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 23 West Central 119.5 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 157.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 137.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 97.3 occurrences per million words 6 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) 188.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 occurrences per million words 2 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.

'listen' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'listen' 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 6 total occurrences 78.39 per million words 2002 6 total occurrences 79.53 per million words 2003 18 total occurrences 120.39 per million words 2004 16 total occurrences 152.02 per million words 2005 3 total occurrences 44.13 per million words 2006 7 total occurrences 81.21 per million words 2007 17 total occurrences 183.98 per million words 2008 14 total occurrences 178.16 per million words 2009 21 total occurrences 258.05 per million words 2010 8 total occurrences 68.11 per million words 2011 29 total occurrences 199.75 per million words 2012 14 total occurrences 104.63 per million words 2013 15 total occurrences 201.56 per million words 2014 30 total occurrences 174.41 per million words 2015 17 total occurrences 130.63 per million words 2016 41 total occurrences 269.19 per million words 2017 14 total occurrences 96.26 per million words 2018 23 total occurrences 295.35 per million words 2019 18 total occurrences 187.02 per million words 2020 75 total occurrences 220.93 per million words 2021 89 total occurrences 189.31 per million words 2022 23 total occurrences 105.31 per million words 2023 8 total occurrences 81.96 per million words 2024 3 total occurrences 207.73 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.48 3
2001 78.39 6
2002 79.53 6
2003 120.39 18
2004 152.02 16
2005 44.13 3
2006 81.21 7
2007 183.98 17
2008 178.16 14
2009 258.05 21
2010 68.11 8
2011 199.75 29
2012 104.63 14
2013 201.56 15
2014 174.41 30
2015 130.63 17
2016 269.19 41
2017 96.26 14
2018 295.35 23
2019 187.02 18
2020 220.93 75
2021 189.31 89
2022 105.31 23
2023 81.96 8
2024 207.73 3

'listen' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
127.87
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
179.03