A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'need'

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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 'need' Shetland 418.5 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 54 Orkney 447.1 occurrences per million words 13 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 447.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 569.0 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 398.6 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 17 South Northern 651.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 4 Dundee 616.0 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 North East Central 366.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 653.3 occurrences per million words 32 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 421.5 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 20 Glasgow 763.5 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 22 West Central 554.8 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 299.0 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 199.6 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 571.8 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 817.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 219.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 393.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 755.2 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) 153.7 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'need' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'need' 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 11 total occurrences 192.01 per million words 2001 28 total occurrences 365.82 per million words 2002 28 total occurrences 370.66 per million words 2003 53 total occurrences 354.24 per million words 2004 50 total occurrences 475.07 per million words 2005 23 total occurrences 338.32 per million words 2006 37 total occurrences 429.25 per million words 2007 38 total occurrences 347.18 per million words 2008 23 total occurrences 292.69 per million words 2009 35 total occurrences 430.08 per million words 2010 26 total occurrences 221.35 per million words 2011 80 total occurrences 551.04 per million words 2012 60 total occurrences 448.43 per million words 2013 26 total occurrences 349.36 per million words 2014 57 total occurrences 316.58 per million words 2015 27 total occurrences 207.47 per million words 2016 54 total occurrences 354.54 per million words 2017 102 total occurrences 701.32 per million words 2018 42 total occurrences 539.33 per million words 2019 54 total occurrences 561.06 per million words 2020 403 total occurrences 1,226.69 per million words 2021 322 total occurrences 723.61 per million words 2022 134 total occurrences 654.96 per million words 2023 81 total occurrences 650.30 per million words 2024 67 total occurrences 1,014.31 per million words 2025 9 total occurrences 922.51 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 192.01 11
2001 365.82 28
2002 370.66 28
2003 354.24 53
2004 475.07 50
2005 338.32 23
2006 429.25 37
2007 347.18 38
2008 292.69 23
2009 430.08 35
2010 221.35 26
2011 551.04 80
2012 448.43 60
2013 349.36 26
2014 316.58 57
2015 207.47 27
2016 354.54 54
2017 701.32 102
2018 539.33 42
2019 561.06 54
2020 1,226.69 403
2021 723.61 322
2022 654.96 134
2023 650.30 81
2024 1,014.31 67
2025 922.51 9

'need' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
383.10
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
677.16