A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'lay'

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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 'lay' Shetland 244.1 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 54 Orkney 208.7 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 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 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 219.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 32.8 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 16 South Northern 651.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 42.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 139.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 76.1 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 118.9 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 20 Glasgow 41.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 23 West Central 46.0 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 262.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 112.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 139.1 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 353.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 262.7 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) 461.1 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'lay' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'lay' 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 7 total occurrences 122.44 per million words 2001 7 total occurrences 91.45 per million words 2002 13 total occurrences 172.32 per million words 2003 8 total occurrences 53.51 per million words 2004 32 total occurrences 304.05 per million words 2005 11 total occurrences 161.81 per million words 2006 4 total occurrences 46.41 per million words 2007 20 total occurrences 216.45 per million words 2008 15 total occurrences 190.88 per million words 2009 29 total occurrences 356.35 per million words 2010 8 total occurrences 68.11 per million words 2011 20 total occurrences 137.76 per million words 2012 29 total occurrences 216.74 per million words 2013 11 total occurrences 147.81 per million words 2014 25 total occurrences 145.34 per million words 2015 14 total occurrences 107.57 per million words 2016 18 total occurrences 118.18 per million words 2017 24 total occurrences 165.02 per million words 2018 6 total occurrences 77.05 per million words 2019 7 total occurrences 72.73 per million words 2020 24 total occurrences 70.70 per million words 2021 34 total occurrences 72.32 per million words 2022 22 total occurrences 100.73 per million words 2023 8 total occurrences 81.96 per million words 2024 1 total occurrences 69.24 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 122.44 7
2001 91.45 7
2002 172.32 13
2003 53.51 8
2004 304.05 32
2005 161.81 11
2006 46.41 4
2007 216.45 20
2008 190.88 15
2009 356.35 29
2010 68.11 8
2011 137.76 20
2012 216.74 29
2013 147.81 11
2014 145.34 25
2015 107.57 14
2016 118.18 18
2017 165.02 24
2018 77.05 6
2019 72.73 7
2020 70.70 24
2021 72.32 34
2022 100.73 22
2023 81.96 8
2024 69.24 1

'lay' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
160.23
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
97.56