A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'play'

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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 'play' Shetland 191.8 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 54 Orkney 198.7 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 351.6 occurrences per million words 3 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 212.5 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 207.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 16 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 201.8 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 North East Central 185.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 235.8 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 144.0 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 20 Glasgow 286.8 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 23 West Central 248.3 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 65.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 262.0 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 180.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 219.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 788.0 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) 153.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'play' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'play' 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 4 total occurrences 69.97 per million words 2001 21 total occurrences 274.36 per million words 2002 15 total occurrences 198.83 per million words 2003 28 total occurrences 187.28 per million words 2004 15 total occurrences 142.52 per million words 2005 15 total occurrences 220.65 per million words 2006 18 total occurrences 208.82 per million words 2007 32 total occurrences 346.32 per million words 2008 7 total occurrences 89.08 per million words 2009 17 total occurrences 208.90 per million words 2010 11 total occurrences 93.65 per million words 2011 17 total occurrences 117.10 per million words 2012 24 total occurrences 179.37 per million words 2013 24 total occurrences 322.49 per million words 2014 40 total occurrences 232.55 per million words 2015 39 total occurrences 299.67 per million words 2016 15 total occurrences 98.48 per million words 2017 25 total occurrences 171.89 per million words 2018 30 total occurrences 385.23 per million words 2019 18 total occurrences 187.02 per million words 2020 135 total occurrences 397.68 per million words 2021 143 total occurrences 304.18 per million words 2022 51 total occurrences 233.52 per million words 2023 15 total occurrences 153.67 per million words 2024 2 total occurrences 138.48 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 69.97 4
2001 274.36 21
2002 198.83 15
2003 187.28 28
2004 142.52 15
2005 220.65 15
2006 208.82 18
2007 346.32 32
2008 89.08 7
2009 208.90 17
2010 93.65 11
2011 117.10 17
2012 179.37 24
2013 322.49 24
2014 232.55 40
2015 299.67 39
2016 98.48 15
2017 171.89 25
2018 385.23 30
2019 187.02 18
2020 397.68 135
2021 304.18 143
2022 233.52 51
2023 153.67 15
2024 138.48 2

'play' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
176.81
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
270.06