Scots word of the season : besom
(2015)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2015). Scots word of the season : besom. The bottle imp, 17,
All Outputs (67)
Book review : Language in Scotland : corpus-based studies. Wendy Anderson (ed.) (2015)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2015). Book review : Language in Scotland : corpus-based studies. Wendy Anderson (ed.). Scottish Language, 34,
Scots word of the season : clamjamfry (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2014). Scots word of the season : clamjamfry. The bottle imp, 16,
Scots word of the season : croup (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2014). Scots word of the season : croup. The bottle imp, 15,
Book review : Sociolinguistics in Scotland edited by Robert Lawson (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2014). Book review : Sociolinguistics in Scotland edited by Robert Lawson. The bottle imp, 15,In this edited volume, Robert Lawson brings together scholars with diverse specialisms including phonology, syntax, lexicology and onomastics. Jennifer Smith's Foreword sets the scene by drawing attention to the many varieties of language encountered... Read More about Book review : Sociolinguistics in Scotland edited by Robert Lawson.
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/10.4324/9781315857787As 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.
Iseabail Macleod and J. Derrick McClure (eds) : Scotland in Definition: A History of Scottish Dictionaries. Susan Rennie : Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First Historical Dictionary of the Scots Language. (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2013). Susan Rennie : Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First Historical Dictionary of the Scots Language. International Journal of Lexicography, 26(4), 514-523. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ect015Both of the titles discussed here represent significant firsts. Scotland in Definition is the first book to chart the lexicographical history of two of Scotland’s languages—Scots and Scottish Gaelic—and in doing so it illuminates the progress of proj... Read More about Iseabail Macleod and J. Derrick McClure (eds) : Scotland in Definition: A History of Scottish Dictionaries. Susan Rennie : Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First Historical Dictionary of the Scots Language..
Jamieson’s dictionary of Scots : the story of the first historical dictionary of the Scots language by Susan Rennie (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2013). Jamieson’s dictionary of Scots : the story of the first historical dictionary of the Scots language by Susan Rennie. The bottle imp, 13,The Reverend John Jamieson's contribution to Scottish lexicography is central to the historiography of the study of Scots as a distinct variety of language. Furthermore, his methodologies have proven extremely influential for subsequent major Scottis... Read More about Jamieson’s dictionary of Scots : the story of the first historical dictionary of the Scots language by Susan Rennie.
Scots word of the season : sassenach (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2013). Scots word of the season : sassenach. The bottle imp, 13,
Scots word of the season : provost (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2013). Scots word of the season : provost. The bottle imp, 14,
Language, space and power: Reflections on linguistic and spatial turns in urban research (2012)
Journal Article
Vuolteenaho, J., Ameel, L., Newby, A., & Scott, M. (2012). Language, space and power: Reflections on linguistic and spatial turns in urban research
Book review : Globally Speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. ISBN: 9781847690517 (hbk). xii + 337 pages. (2012)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2012). Book review : Globally Speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. ISBN: 9781847690517 (hbk). xii + 337 pages
Review Article: Minority languages in the linguistic landscape, edited by Durk Gorter, Heiko F. Marten and Luk Van Mensel (Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) (2012)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2012). Review Article: Minority languages in the linguistic landscape, edited by Durk Gorter, Heiko F. Marten and Luk Van Mensel (Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Current Issues in Language Planning, 13(3), 231-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2012.722381Book review
Scots word of the season : stravaig (2012)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2012). Scots word of the season : stravaig. The bottle imp, 11,
Scots word of the season : leerie (2012)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2012). Scots word of the season : leerie. The bottle imp, 12,
Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire (2011)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2011). Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire. Notes and Queries, 58(3), 438-439. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjr077Part four of The Place-Names of Leicestershire documents the history of the place-names in the fifty-four parishes of Gartree Hundred in the south-east of the county. Study of the toponymic record of this part of Leicestershire is facilitated by thre... Read More about Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire.
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
Directions in English place-name studies : An invitation to debate, with a case study of Salford Quays (2011)
Journal Article
Scott, M., & Clark, A. (2011). Directions in English place-name studies : An invitation to debate, with a case study of Salford Quays. Nomina, 34, 27-50Since the beginnings of the English Place-Name Survey (EPNS) in the 1920s, analysis of English place-names has focused mainly on historical questions relating to etymology and the ways that name evidence can shed light on early cultures, medieval... Read More about Directions in English place-name studies : An invitation to debate, with a case study of Salford Quays.
Directions in English place-name studies : An invitation to debate (2011)
Journal Article
Scott, M., & Clark, A. (2011). Directions in English place-name studies : An invitation to debate. Nomina, 34, 27-50
Scots word of the week : ceilidh (2011)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2011). Scots word of the week : ceilidh. The bottle imp, 9,