A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'should'

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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 'should' Shetland 127.9 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 54 Orkney 288.2 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 914.3 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 524.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 134.1 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 331.9 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 15 South Northern 325.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 4 Dundee 31.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 139.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 347.8 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 175.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 19 Glasgow 428.9 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 21 West Central 432.2 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 26.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 561.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 292.0 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 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) 102.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'should' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'should' 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 8 total occurrences 139.93 per million words 2001 22 total occurrences 287.43 per million words 2002 15 total occurrences 198.83 per million words 2003 57 total occurrences 381.24 per million words 2004 25 total occurrences 237.54 per million words 2005 7 total occurrences 102.97 per million words 2006 16 total occurrences 185.62 per million words 2007 22 total occurrences 238.10 per million words 2008 14 total occurrences 178.16 per million words 2009 15 total occurrences 184.32 per million words 2010 24 total occurrences 204.33 per million words 2011 20 total occurrences 137.76 per million words 2012 25 total occurrences 186.85 per million words 2013 10 total occurrences 134.37 per million words 2014 50 total occurrences 290.69 per million words 2015 49 total occurrences 376.51 per million words 2016 28 total occurrences 183.84 per million words 2017 27 total occurrences 185.64 per million words 2018 21 total occurrences 269.68 per million words 2019 40 total occurrences 415.60 per million words 2020 185 total occurrences 579.80 per million words 2021 183 total occurrences 389.26 per million words 2022 36 total occurrences 178.02 per million words 2023 24 total occurrences 266.60 per million words 2024 11 total occurrences 1,489.91 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 139.93 8
2001 287.43 22
2002 198.83 15
2003 381.24 57
2004 237.54 25
2005 102.97 7
2006 185.62 16
2007 238.10 22
2008 178.16 14
2009 184.32 15
2010 204.33 24
2011 137.76 20
2012 186.85 25
2013 134.37 10
2014 290.69 50
2015 376.51 49
2016 183.84 28
2017 185.64 27
2018 269.68 21
2019 415.60 40
2020 579.80 185
2021 389.26 183
2022 178.02 36
2023 266.60 24
2024 1,489.91 11

'should' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
213.12
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
342.75