A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'needs'

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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 'needs' Shetland 58.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 54 Orkney 168.9 occurrences per million words 5 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 85.0 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 52.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 159.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 229.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 107.3 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 80.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 20 Glasgow 128.1 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 22 West Central 106.5 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 48.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 181.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 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) 107.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'needs' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'needs' 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 2026 2000 3 total occurrences 52.37 per million words 2001 3 total occurrences 39.19 per million words 2002 13 total occurrences 172.09 per million words 2003 26 total occurrences 173.78 per million words 2004 8 total occurrences 76.01 per million words 2005 1 total occurrences 14.71 per million words 2006 7 total occurrences 81.21 per million words 2007 20 total occurrences 182.73 per million words 2008 3 total occurrences 38.18 per million words 2009 4 total occurrences 49.15 per million words 2010 5 total occurrences 42.57 per million words 2011 13 total occurrences 89.54 per million words 2012 5 total occurrences 37.37 per million words 2013 3 total occurrences 40.31 per million words 2014 5 total occurrences 27.77 per million words 2015 11 total occurrences 84.52 per million words 2016 10 total occurrences 65.66 per million words 2017 23 total occurrences 158.14 per million words 2018 8 total occurrences 102.73 per million words 2019 10 total occurrences 103.90 per million words 2020 46 total occurrences 140.02 per million words 2021 63 total occurrences 141.58 per million words 2022 33 total occurrences 161.30 per million words 2023 14 total occurrences 112.40 per million words 2024 21 total occurrences 257.90 per million words 2025 6 total occurrences 492.93 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.37 3
2001 39.19 3
2002 172.09 13
2003 173.78 26
2004 76.01 8
2005 14.71 1
2006 81.21 7
2007 182.73 20
2008 38.18 3
2009 49.15 4
2010 42.57 5
2011 89.54 13
2012 37.37 5
2013 40.31 3
2014 27.77 5
2015 84.52 11
2016 65.66 10
2017 158.14 23
2018 102.73 8
2019 103.90 10
2020 140.02 46
2021 141.58 63
2022 161.30 33
2023 112.40 14
2024 257.90 21
2025 492.93 6
2026 0.00 0

'needs' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
83.90
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
126.37