A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'kirk'

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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 'kirk' Shetland 69.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 54 Orkney 208.7 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 277.9 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 612.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 16 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 212.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 278.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 144.5 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 100.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 20 Glasgow 13.7 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 23 West Central 119.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 550.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 349.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 180.8 occurrences per million words 5 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 197.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 307.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'kirk' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'kirk' 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 17 total occurrences 297.36 per million words 2001 18 total occurrences 235.17 per million words 2002 9 total occurrences 119.30 per million words 2003 44 total occurrences 294.29 per million words 2004 68 total occurrences 646.10 per million words 2005 18 total occurrences 264.78 per million words 2006 7 total occurrences 81.21 per million words 2007 11 total occurrences 119.05 per million words 2008 21 total occurrences 267.24 per million words 2009 14 total occurrences 172.03 per million words 2010 26 total occurrences 221.35 per million words 2011 20 total occurrences 137.76 per million words 2012 44 total occurrences 328.85 per million words 2013 28 total occurrences 376.24 per million words 2014 4 total occurrences 23.26 per million words 2015 6 total occurrences 46.10 per million words 2016 17 total occurrences 111.62 per million words 2017 24 total occurrences 165.02 per million words 2018 29 total occurrences 372.39 per million words 2019 14 total occurrences 145.46 per million words 2020 26 total occurrences 76.59 per million words 2021 37 total occurrences 78.70 per million words 2022 33 total occurrences 151.10 per million words 2023 16 total occurrences 163.92 per million words 2024 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 297.36 17
2001 235.17 18
2002 119.30 9
2003 294.29 44
2004 646.10 68
2005 264.78 18
2006 81.21 7
2007 119.05 11
2008 267.24 21
2009 172.03 14
2010 221.35 26
2011 137.76 20
2012 328.85 44
2013 376.24 28
2014 23.26 4
2015 46.10 6
2016 111.62 17
2017 165.02 24
2018 372.39 29
2019 145.46 14
2020 76.59 26
2021 78.70 37
2022 151.10 33
2023 163.92 16
2024 0.00 0

'kirk' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
250.22
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
117.68