A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'why'

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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 'why' Shetland 232.5 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 54 Orkney 467.0 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,265.9 occurrences per million words 1 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 62.1 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 136.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 17 South Northern 325.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 63.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 307.2 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 179.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 20 Glasgow 199.8 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 22 West Central 359.5 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 256.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 174.7 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 237.1 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 21 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 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,161.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 327.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 788.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 2,369.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 204.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'why' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'why' 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 2 total occurrences 34.91 per million words 2001 11 total occurrences 143.71 per million words 2002 25 total occurrences 330.95 per million words 2003 5 total occurrences 33.42 per million words 2004 18 total occurrences 171.03 per million words 2005 4 total occurrences 58.84 per million words 2006 10 total occurrences 116.01 per million words 2007 7 total occurrences 63.95 per million words 2008 5 total occurrences 63.63 per million words 2009 15 total occurrences 184.32 per million words 2010 9 total occurrences 76.62 per million words 2011 32 total occurrences 220.42 per million words 2012 18 total occurrences 134.53 per million words 2013 41 total occurrences 550.92 per million words 2014 61 total occurrences 338.80 per million words 2015 30 total occurrences 230.52 per million words 2016 58 total occurrences 380.81 per million words 2017 26 total occurrences 178.77 per million words 2018 13 total occurrences 166.93 per million words 2019 20 total occurrences 207.80 per million words 2020 159 total occurrences 483.98 per million words 2021 182 total occurrences 409.00 per million words 2022 78 total occurrences 381.24 per million words 2023 21 total occurrences 168.60 per million words 2024 18 total occurrences 272.50 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 34.91 2
2001 143.71 11
2002 330.95 25
2003 33.42 5
2004 171.03 18
2005 58.84 4
2006 116.01 10
2007 63.95 7
2008 63.63 5
2009 184.32 15
2010 76.62 9
2011 220.42 32
2012 134.53 18
2013 550.92 41
2014 338.80 61
2015 230.52 30
2016 380.81 58
2017 178.77 26
2018 166.93 13
2019 207.80 20
2020 483.98 159
2021 409.00 182
2022 381.24 78
2023 168.60 21
2024 272.50 18
2025 0.00 0

'why' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
125.36
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
347.43