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 262.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 45.8 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 21.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 16 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 60.9 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 37.6 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 27.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 23 West Central 96.5 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 39.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 25.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 27.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 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 6 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 2000 5 total occurrences 87.46 per million words 2001 9 total occurrences 117.58 per million words 2002 11 total occurrences 145.81 per million words 2003 15 total occurrences 100.33 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 43.29 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 4 total occurrences 23.26 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 58.92 per million words 2021 13 total occurrences 27.65 per million words 2022 11 total occurrences 50.37 per million words 2023 7 total occurrences 71.71 per million words 2024 2 total occurrences 138.48 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 87.46 5
2001 117.58 9
2002 145.81 11
2003 100.33 15
2004 66.51 7
2005 117.68 8
2006 127.61 11
2007 43.29 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 23.26 4
2015 84.52 11
2016 19.70 3
2017 68.76 10
2018 77.05 6
2019 31.17 3
2020 58.92 20
2021 27.65 13
2022 50.37 11
2023 71.71 7
2024 138.48 2

'plain' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
73.41
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
46.27