A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'must'

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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 'must' Shetland 40.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 54 Orkney 506.8 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 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 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 134.1 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 251.8 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 17 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 169.9 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 North East Central 137.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 256.0 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 142.6 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 20 Glasgow 415.0 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 22 West Central 341.7 occurrences per million words 19 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 224.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 474.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 181.3 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 21 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) 721.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 295.5 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.

'must' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'must' 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 3 total occurrences 52.37 per million words 2001 17 total occurrences 222.10 per million words 2002 32 total occurrences 423.61 per million words 2003 11 total occurrences 73.52 per million words 2004 6 total occurrences 57.01 per million words 2005 3 total occurrences 44.13 per million words 2006 14 total occurrences 162.42 per million words 2007 15 total occurrences 137.05 per million words 2008 9 total occurrences 114.53 per million words 2009 12 total occurrences 147.46 per million words 2010 15 total occurrences 127.70 per million words 2011 31 total occurrences 213.53 per million words 2012 17 total occurrences 127.06 per million words 2013 32 total occurrences 429.99 per million words 2014 57 total occurrences 316.58 per million words 2015 55 total occurrences 422.62 per million words 2016 41 total occurrences 269.19 per million words 2017 25 total occurrences 171.89 per million words 2018 21 total occurrences 269.66 per million words 2019 40 total occurrences 415.60 per million words 2020 95 total occurrences 289.17 per million words 2021 105 total occurrences 235.96 per million words 2022 29 total occurrences 141.74 per million words 2023 21 total occurrences 168.60 per million words 2024 11 total occurrences 166.53 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.37 3
2001 222.10 17
2002 423.61 32
2003 73.52 11
2004 57.01 6
2005 44.13 3
2006 162.42 14
2007 137.05 15
2008 114.53 9
2009 147.46 12
2010 127.70 15
2011 213.53 31
2012 127.06 17
2013 429.99 32
2014 316.58 57
2015 422.62 55
2016 269.19 41
2017 171.89 25
2018 269.66 21
2019 415.60 40
2020 289.17 95
2021 235.96 105
2022 141.74 29
2023 168.60 21
2024 166.53 11
2025 0.00 0

'must' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
144.05
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
261.43