A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'plain'

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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 'plain' Shetland 40.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 54 Orkney 129.2 occurrences per million words 4 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 223.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 45.8 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 31.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 53.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 56.7 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 37.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 30.1 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 23 West Central 93.2 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 53.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 24.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 27.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 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) 131.3 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 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'plain' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'plain' 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 5 total occurrences 87.28 per million words 2001 9 total occurrences 117.58 per million words 2002 11 total occurrences 145.62 per million words 2003 15 total occurrences 100.26 per million words 2004 7 total occurrences 66.51 per million words 2005 8 total occurrences 117.68 per million words 2006 11 total occurrences 127.61 per million words 2007 4 total occurrences 36.55 per million words 2008 3 total occurrences 38.18 per million words 2009 5 total occurrences 61.44 per million words 2010 5 total occurrences 42.57 per million words 2011 7 total occurrences 48.22 per million words 2012 3 total occurrences 22.42 per million words 2013 2 total occurrences 26.87 per million words 2014 5 total occurrences 27.77 per million words 2015 11 total occurrences 84.52 per million words 2016 3 total occurrences 19.70 per million words 2017 10 total occurrences 68.76 per million words 2018 6 total occurrences 77.05 per million words 2019 3 total occurrences 31.17 per million words 2020 20 total occurrences 60.88 per million words 2021 12 total occurrences 28.39 per million words 2022 11 total occurrences 53.77 per million words 2023 9 total occurrences 72.26 per million words 2024 3 total occurrences 35.17 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 87.28 5
2001 117.58 9
2002 145.62 11
2003 100.26 15
2004 66.51 7
2005 117.68 8
2006 127.61 11
2007 36.55 4
2008 38.18 3
2009 61.44 5
2010 42.57 5
2011 48.22 7
2012 22.42 3
2013 26.87 2
2014 27.77 5
2015 84.52 11
2016 19.70 3
2017 68.76 10
2018 77.05 6
2019 31.17 3
2020 60.88 20
2021 28.39 12
2022 53.77 11
2023 72.26 9
2024 35.17 3
2025 0.00 0
2026 0.00 0

'plain' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
69.92
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
47.45