A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'could'

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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 'could' Shetland 1,162.5 occurrences per million words 24 authors out of 54 Orkney 1,242.1 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,969.2 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 2,572.7 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 582.0 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 1,017.6 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 17 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 10.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 1,834.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 728.9 occurrences per million words 25 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 737.6 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 20 Glasgow 953.0 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 22 West Central 1,437.9 occurrences per million words 25 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 213.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 1,172.8 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 795.0 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 524.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'could' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'could' 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 30 total occurrences 523.66 per million words 2001 84 total occurrences 1,097.45 per million words 2002 67 total occurrences 886.94 per million words 2003 85 total occurrences 568.13 per million words 2004 71 total occurrences 674.60 per million words 2005 52 total occurrences 764.91 per million words 2006 62 total occurrences 719.28 per million words 2007 38 total occurrences 347.18 per million words 2008 49 total occurrences 623.55 per million words 2009 54 total occurrences 663.55 per million words 2010 98 total occurrences 834.33 per million words 2011 49 total occurrences 337.51 per million words 2012 109 total occurrences 814.65 per million words 2013 38 total occurrences 510.61 per million words 2014 214 total occurrences 1,188.57 per million words 2015 138 total occurrences 1,060.38 per million words 2016 147 total occurrences 965.15 per million words 2017 92 total occurrences 632.56 per million words 2018 80 total occurrences 1,027.29 per million words 2019 140 total occurrences 1,454.59 per million words 2020 261 total occurrences 794.46 per million words 2021 472 total occurrences 1,060.70 per million words 2022 106 total occurrences 518.10 per million words 2023 120 total occurrences 963.41 per million words 2024 33 total occurrences 499.58 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 523.66 30
2001 1,097.45 84
2002 886.94 67
2003 568.13 85
2004 674.60 71
2005 764.91 52
2006 719.28 62
2007 347.18 38
2008 623.55 49
2009 663.55 54
2010 834.33 98
2011 337.51 49
2012 814.65 109
2013 510.61 38
2014 1,188.57 214
2015 1,060.38 138
2016 965.15 147
2017 632.56 92
2018 1,027.29 80
2019 1,454.59 140
2020 794.46 261
2021 1,060.70 472
2022 518.10 106
2023 963.41 120
2024 499.58 33
2025 0.00 0

'could' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
660.30
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
904.68