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Isogloss map for 'be'
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'be' occurrences per year
Year |
Occurences normalised per million |
Total occurrences |
2000 |
5,562.36 |
318 |
2001 |
5,617.90 |
430 |
2002 |
5,620.21 |
424 |
2003 |
5,772.11 |
863 |
2004 |
3,895.60 |
410 |
2005 |
4,471.77 |
304 |
2006 |
3,317.98 |
286 |
2007 |
4,188.31 |
387 |
2008 |
4,695.73 |
369 |
2009 |
4,767.76 |
388 |
2010 |
4,299.37 |
505 |
2011 |
4,373.88 |
635 |
2012 |
6,121.12 |
819 |
2013 |
2,539.61 |
189 |
2014 |
4,546.38 |
782 |
2015 |
4,233.84 |
551 |
2016 |
5,692.41 |
867 |
2017 |
4,895.46 |
712 |
2018 |
4,545.75 |
354 |
2019 |
4,571.57 |
440 |
2020 |
4,916.46 |
1,669 |
2021 |
4,260.63 |
2,003 |
2022 |
4,505.60 |
984 |
2023 |
4,190.10 |
409 |
2024 |
6,093.34 |
88 |
'be' overall change in the 21st century
Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
4,844.93
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
4,550.22