A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'while'

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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 'while' Shetland 406.9 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 54 Orkney 635.9 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 984.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 131.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 179.8 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 448.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 16 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 318.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 602.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 362.6 occurrences per million words 24 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 694.9 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 20 Glasgow 491.7 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 23 West Central 404.6 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 1,140.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 386.8 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 709.2 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,067.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 492.5 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) 563.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'while' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'while' 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 11 total occurrences 192.41 per million words 2001 33 total occurrences 431.14 per million words 2002 42 total occurrences 556.72 per million words 2003 52 total occurrences 347.80 per million words 2004 27 total occurrences 256.54 per million words 2005 22 total occurrences 323.62 per million words 2006 19 total occurrences 220.43 per million words 2007 32 total occurrences 346.32 per million words 2008 36 total occurrences 458.12 per million words 2009 30 total occurrences 368.64 per million words 2010 80 total occurrences 681.09 per million words 2011 76 total occurrences 523.49 per million words 2012 75 total occurrences 560.54 per million words 2013 47 total occurrences 631.54 per million words 2014 150 total occurrences 872.07 per million words 2015 80 total occurrences 614.71 per million words 2016 74 total occurrences 485.86 per million words 2017 63 total occurrences 433.17 per million words 2018 19 total occurrences 243.98 per million words 2019 34 total occurrences 353.26 per million words 2020 134 total occurrences 394.73 per million words 2021 183 total occurrences 389.26 per million words 2022 110 total occurrences 503.67 per million words 2023 38 total occurrences 389.30 per million words 2024 9 total occurrences 623.18 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 192.41 11
2001 431.14 33
2002 556.72 42
2003 347.80 52
2004 256.54 27
2005 323.62 22
2006 220.43 19
2007 346.32 32
2008 458.12 36
2009 368.64 30
2010 681.09 80
2011 523.49 76
2012 560.54 75
2013 631.54 47
2014 872.07 150
2015 614.71 80
2016 485.86 74
2017 433.17 63
2018 243.98 19
2019 353.26 34
2020 394.73 134
2021 389.26 183
2022 503.67 110
2023 389.30 38
2024 623.18 9

'while' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
422.29
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
473.23