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Scots word of the season : mahoun (2011)
Journal Article

Scots word of the week : ceilidh (2011)
Journal Article

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

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, 27-50

Since 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.

A lexical skirmish: OED3 and the vocabulary of swordplay (2011)
Book Chapter

Scots word of the season : wean (2010)
Journal Article

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

Review : O.J. Padel and David Parsons (eds). A commodity of good names : essays in honour of Margaret Gelling (2010)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2010). Review : O.J. Padel and David Parsons (eds). A commodity of good names : essays in honour of Margaret Gelling. Nomina, 33, 187-191

Scots word of the season : kelpie (2010)
Journal Article

Scots word of the season : eldritch (2009)
Journal Article

Scots word of the season : swither (2009)
Journal Article

Scottish place names (2008)
Book

Say It in Scots is a series of pocket books designed to inform and entertain the reader about the wonderful, rich and varied language of Scots. The Scots language is a world of wonderful, historic and evocative words, full of a rich variety that can... Read More about Scottish place names.

Scots word of the season : pinkie (2008)
Journal Article

Words, names and culture: place-names and the Scots language (2008)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2008). Words, names and culture: place-names and the Scots language. ˜The œjournal of Scottish name studies, 2, 85-98

Unsung Etymologies: lexical and onomastic evidence for the influence of Scots on English (2008)
Book Chapter

Voices from modern literary Glasgow (2008)
Journal Article

Scots word of the season : kailyard (2008)
Journal Article

The Scots continuum and descriptive linguistics (2007)
Journal Article

There is a tendency to talk about 'Scots' and 'Scottish English' as though these two entities were somehow clearly delineated and neatly identifiable, but on closer examination the situation can appear less clear-cut. For this and other reasons, Scot... Read More about The Scots continuum and descriptive linguistics.

Scots word of the season : gloaming (2007)
Journal Article

Smeddum (2007)
Journal Article