A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'use'

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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 'use' Shetland 104.6 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 54 Orkney 208.7 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 633.0 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 153.7 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 154.1 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 15 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 53.1 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 107.4 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 119.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 19 Glasgow 152.0 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 21 West Central 156.3 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 13.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 25.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 97.3 occurrences per million words 4 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) 816.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 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) 204.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'use' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'use' 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 6 total occurrences 104.95 per million words 2001 4 total occurrences 52.26 per million words 2002 9 total occurrences 119.30 per million words 2003 8 total occurrences 53.51 per million words 2004 13 total occurrences 123.52 per million words 2005 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2006 4 total occurrences 46.41 per million words 2007 10 total occurrences 108.23 per million words 2008 5 total occurrences 63.63 per million words 2009 8 total occurrences 98.30 per million words 2010 8 total occurrences 68.11 per million words 2011 19 total occurrences 130.87 per million words 2012 6 total occurrences 44.84 per million words 2013 27 total occurrences 362.80 per million words 2014 49 total occurrences 284.88 per million words 2015 44 total occurrences 338.09 per million words 2016 28 total occurrences 183.84 per million words 2017 21 total occurrences 144.39 per million words 2018 11 total occurrences 141.26 per million words 2019 26 total occurrences 270.14 per million words 2020 75 total occurrences 235.05 per million words 2021 71 total occurrences 151.03 per million words 2022 17 total occurrences 84.06 per million words 2023 6 total occurrences 66.65 per million words 2024 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 104.95 6
2001 52.26 4
2002 119.30 9
2003 53.51 8
2004 123.52 13
2005 0.00 0
2006 46.41 4
2007 108.23 10
2008 63.63 5
2009 98.30 8
2010 68.11 8
2011 130.87 19
2012 44.84 6
2013 362.80 27
2014 284.88 49
2015 338.09 44
2016 183.84 28
2017 144.39 21
2018 141.26 11
2019 270.14 26
2020 235.05 75
2021 151.03 71
2022 84.06 17
2023 66.65 6
2024 0.00 0

'use' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
78.93
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
193.57