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 2,489.5 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 2,158.2 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 2,078.3 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 16 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 2,457.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,881.5 occurrences per million words 36 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 2,654.3 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 20 Glasgow 3,241.6 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 23 West Central 1,797.6 occurrences per million words 25 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 2,306.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 2,008.8 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 1,877.3 occurrences per million words 17 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) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 618.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 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 2000 68 total occurrences 1,189.44 per million words 2001 182 total occurrences 2,377.81 per million words 2002 160 total occurrences 2,120.83 per million words 2003 248 total occurrences 1,658.73 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 1,753.25 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 334 total occurrences 1,941.80 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 747 total occurrences 2,200.48 per million words 2021 1032 total occurrences 2,195.19 per million words 2022 309 total occurrences 1,414.87 per million words 2023 201 total occurrences 2,059.19 per million words 2024 42 total occurrences 2,908.18 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 1,189.44 68
2001 2,377.81 182
2002 2,120.83 160
2003 1,658.73 248
2004 2,232.84 235
2005 1,603.37 109
2006 1,658.99 143
2007 1,753.25 162
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 1,941.80 334
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 2,200.48 747
2021 2,195.19 1,032
2022 1,414.87 309
2023 2,059.19 201
2024 2,908.18 42

'back' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
2,050.69
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
1,900.95