A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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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 'back' Shetland 1,819.3 occurrences per million words 28 authors out of 54 Orkney 2,593.4 occurrences per million words 23 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,617.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 2,460.9 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 2,158.2 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 2,129.5 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 17 South Northern 1,464.8 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 4 Dundee 2,708.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 9 North East Central 2,430.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,955.2 occurrences per million words 39 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 2,646.8 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 20 Glasgow 3,356.1 occurrences per million words 20 authors out of 22 West Central 1,850.7 occurrences per million words 28 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 2,445.0 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 2,008.8 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 1,868.9 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 21 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) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 459.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 361.2 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) 819.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'back' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'back' 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 2000 68 total occurrences 1,186.96 per million words 2001 182 total occurrences 2,377.81 per million words 2002 161 total occurrences 2,131.29 per million words 2003 248 total occurrences 1,657.60 per million words 2004 235 total occurrences 2,232.84 per million words 2005 109 total occurrences 1,603.37 per million words 2006 143 total occurrences 1,658.99 per million words 2007 162 total occurrences 1,480.09 per million words 2008 127 total occurrences 1,616.15 per million words 2009 138 total occurrences 1,695.75 per million words 2010 296 total occurrences 2,520.03 per million words 2011 406 total occurrences 2,796.53 per million words 2012 324 total occurrences 2,421.54 per million words 2013 93 total occurrences 1,249.65 per million words 2014 341 total occurrences 1,893.93 per million words 2015 192 total occurrences 1,475.31 per million words 2016 218 total occurrences 1,431.31 per million words 2017 264 total occurrences 1,815.17 per million words 2018 163 total occurrences 2,093.10 per million words 2019 185 total occurrences 1,922.14 per million words 2020 719 total occurrences 2,188.56 per million words 2021 985 total occurrences 2,213.53 per million words 2022 283 total occurrences 1,383.23 per million words 2023 264 total occurrences 2,119.49 per million words 2024 106 total occurrences 1,604.72 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 1,186.96 68
2001 2,377.81 182
2002 2,131.29 161
2003 1,657.60 248
2004 2,232.84 235
2005 1,603.37 109
2006 1,658.99 143
2007 1,480.09 162
2008 1,616.15 127
2009 1,695.75 138
2010 2,520.03 296
2011 2,796.53 406
2012 2,421.54 324
2013 1,249.65 93
2014 1,893.93 341
2015 1,475.31 192
2016 1,431.31 218
2017 1,815.17 264
2018 2,093.10 163
2019 1,922.14 185
2020 2,188.56 719
2021 2,213.53 985
2022 1,383.23 283
2023 2,119.49 264
2024 1,604.72 106
2025 0.00 0

'back' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
2,023.73
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
1,873.74