Outputs (11)

The lexicography of Scots (2022)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. The lexicography of Scots. In The New Cambridge Companion to the History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press (CUP). Manuscript submitted for publication

This chapter considers the history of Scots dictionaries in relation to their purposes and the dominant contemporary perceptions of the Scots language. The twenty-first century Scots Dictionary for Schools (Scots Abc) mobile phone application encoura... Read More about The lexicography of Scots.

The Scottish dictionary tradition (2020)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2020). The Scottish dictionary tradition. In S. Ogilvie (Ed.), Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries (315-323). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Attitudes to Scots : insights from the Toponymicon (2016)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2016). Attitudes to Scots : insights from the Toponymicon. In G. Puzey, & L. Kostanski (Eds.), Names and Naming (137-152). Multilingual Matters

Names and dialectology (2016)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2016). Names and dialectology. In C. Hough (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (488-501). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199656431.013.20

This chapter explores the relationship between the study of language varieties and the study of names, taking account of the historical developments in theory and methodology. Analysis of regional, minority, and non-standard language varieties rarely... Read More about Names and dialectology.

Scottish slang (2014)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2014). Scottish slang. In J. Coleman (Ed.), Global English Slang : Methodologies and Perspectives (107-115). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857787

As Görlach has observed, ‘There is no dictionary or comprehensive monograph devoted to Scottish slang’ (2002: 119). This lacuna can be partially explained by the history of attitudes to the two language varieties known as Scots and Scottish English,... Read More about Scottish slang.

A lexical skirmish: OED3 and the vocabulary of swordplay (2011)
Book Chapter
Pendragon, J., & Scott, M. (2011). A lexical skirmish: OED3 and the vocabulary of swordplay. In O. Timofeeva, & T. Saily (Eds.), Words in Dictionaries and History (269-286). Amsterdam: John Benjamins

Rethinking the concise scots dictionary for the 21st century (2010)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2010). Rethinking the concise scots dictionary for the 21st century. In J. Considine (Ed.), Current Projects in Historical Lexicography (113-130). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Unsung Etymologies: lexical and onomastic evidence for the influence of Scots on English (2008)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2008). Unsung Etymologies: lexical and onomastic evidence for the influence of Scots on English. In M. Mooijaart, & M. van der Wal (Eds.), Yesterday’s Words: Contemporary, Current and Future Lexicography (187-198). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Uses of Scottish place-names as evidence in historical dictionaries (2004)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2004). Uses of Scottish place-names as evidence in historical dictionaries. In C. Kay, C. Hough, & I. Wotherspoon (Eds.), New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics (213-224). Amsterdam: John Benjamins

Scottish place-names (2003)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2003). Scottish place-names. In J. Corbett, J. D. McClure, & J. Stuart-Smith (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to Scots (17-30). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press