A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'be'

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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 'be' Shetland 5,434.6 occurrences per million words 34 authors out of 54 Orkney 4,411.8 occurrences per million words 31 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 6,048.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 8,547.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 6,027.3 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 3,652.5 occurrences per million words 33 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 5,009.7 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 16 South Northern 2,766.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 4 Dundee 5,873.0 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 9 North East Central 3,524.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 5,033.3 occurrences per million words 40 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 5,039.5 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 20 Glasgow 4,065.7 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 23 West Central 4,381.3 occurrences per million words 29 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 4,442.7 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 1,422.4 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 3,434.8 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) 2,943.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 972.9 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 3,180.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 3,874.3 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 2,369.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 2,049.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'be' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'be' 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 318 total occurrences 5,562.36 per million words 2001 430 total occurrences 5,617.90 per million words 2002 424 total occurrences 5,620.21 per million words 2003 863 total occurrences 5,772.11 per million words 2004 410 total occurrences 3,895.60 per million words 2005 304 total occurrences 4,471.77 per million words 2006 286 total occurrences 3,317.98 per million words 2007 387 total occurrences 4,188.31 per million words 2008 369 total occurrences 4,695.73 per million words 2009 388 total occurrences 4,767.76 per million words 2010 505 total occurrences 4,299.37 per million words 2011 635 total occurrences 4,373.88 per million words 2012 819 total occurrences 6,121.12 per million words 2013 189 total occurrences 2,539.61 per million words 2014 782 total occurrences 4,546.38 per million words 2015 551 total occurrences 4,233.84 per million words 2016 867 total occurrences 5,692.41 per million words 2017 712 total occurrences 4,895.46 per million words 2018 354 total occurrences 4,545.75 per million words 2019 440 total occurrences 4,571.57 per million words 2020 1669 total occurrences 4,916.46 per million words 2021 2003 total occurrences 4,260.63 per million words 2022 984 total occurrences 4,505.60 per million words 2023 409 total occurrences 4,190.10 per million words 2024 88 total occurrences 6,093.34 per million words
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