A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'signs'

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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 'signs' Shetland 29.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 54 Orkney 59.6 occurrences per million words 5 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 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 19.6 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 10.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 109.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 12.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 20 Glasgow 46.1 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 22 West Central 53.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 10.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 25.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 97.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'signs' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'signs' 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 9 total occurrences 157.10 per million words 2001 2 total occurrences 26.13 per million words 2002 19 total occurrences 251.52 per million words 2003 9 total occurrences 60.15 per million words 2004 14 total occurrences 133.02 per million words 2005 9 total occurrences 132.39 per million words 2006 4 total occurrences 46.41 per million words 2007 2 total occurrences 18.27 per million words 2008 2 total occurrences 25.45 per million words 2009 5 total occurrences 61.44 per million words 2010 2 total occurrences 17.03 per million words 2011 3 total occurrences 20.66 per million words 2012 1 total occurrences 7.47 per million words 2013 1 total occurrences 13.44 per million words 2014 1 total occurrences 5.55 per million words 2015 2 total occurrences 15.37 per million words 2016 12 total occurrences 78.79 per million words 2017 7 total occurrences 48.13 per million words 2018 3 total occurrences 38.52 per million words 2019 3 total occurrences 31.17 per million words 2020 11 total occurrences 33.48 per million words 2021 8 total occurrences 17.98 per million words 2022 16 total occurrences 78.20 per million words 2023 3 total occurrences 24.09 per million words 2024 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 157.10 9
2001 26.13 2
2002 251.52 19
2003 60.15 9
2004 133.02 14
2005 132.39 9
2006 46.41 4
2007 18.27 2
2008 25.45 2
2009 61.44 5
2010 17.03 2
2011 20.66 3
2012 7.47 1
2013 13.44 1
2014 5.55 1
2015 15.37 2
2016 78.79 12
2017 48.13 7
2018 38.52 3
2019 31.17 3
2020 33.48 11
2021 17.98 8
2022 78.20 16
2023 24.09 3
2024 0.00 0
2025 0.00 0

'signs' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
63.07
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
32.92