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AHRC-funded project mapping syntactic variation across dialects of Scots.

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined May 2016
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@ScotsAtlas
Scots Syntax Atlas
6 years
And we're live! πŸŽ‰ The Scots Syntax Atlas launches today. Find out more about the atlas in this thread – or if you just want to get straight into it, head to https://t.co/ubFaqVBxQn.
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
You're going out tonight, aren't you? They're going out tonight, aren't they? She's going out tonight, isn't she? I'm going out tonight...oh! https://t.co/8zxYkAiJsL
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
You'll have had yer tea. https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd @LoveBeardyBoy
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@sadie_d_ryan
Sadie Durkacz Ryan
3 years
Hey #Scotland! Tell the @ScotsAtlas team about how you speak, and help build a super cool educational resource πŸ—£οΈπŸŽ™οΈ
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Grannies and buses. Same rules apply to grandads/papas? https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Yer no wearin that, are ye? No I'm urnae! https://t.co/8zxYkAzMuL
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Oh ye cannae/canna shove yer granny aff the bus! Let us know how you sing this song at https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Day 1 vs. Day 2 over at https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd. Hooray for crowdsourcing! Thank you so much to all who've taken part so far. The site is open and ready to hear from more of you ballers/bawers/baers.
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Mind-blowing fact no.1: some people pronounce 'brood' and 'brewed' differently. Mind-blowing fact no.2: some people pronounce 'brood' and 'brewed' the same. Let us know how you blow minds at https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
La la la la la la la la. I just can't get you out of my head/heid. https://t.co/t3grP8QXLG
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Affa lot o' greetin gan on across Scotland 😭. What do you cry it? https://t.co/8zxYkAiJsL
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
We're still chapping on the door in Scotland! https://t.co/t3grP8QXLG
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@thevariationist
Jennifer Smith
3 years
Do you pronounce ball more like Paul, paw or pa? Check out https://t.co/8zxYkAzMuL to log how you speak Scots!
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@JoannaKopaczyk
Prof Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson
3 years
Check out this new educational resource for #Scots developed by @ScotsAtlas - add your own words, do the quizzes and have fun with Scots dialects! https://t.co/ybjmX2zhjY Braw!πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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@ScotsAtlas
Scots Syntax Atlas
3 years
New educational resource for exploring linguistic variation launched today! Contribute your own words and pronunciations through quizzes and surveys, and learn more about how people speak across Scotland. https://t.co/OWQPn5RQil
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@ScotsAtlas
Scots Syntax Atlas
5 years
Job available! 🚨 Fixed term 0.5 FTE for 12 months working on Speak for Yersel: Mapping Scots in the 21st Century Classroom. The project will build on the Scots Syntax Atlas though outreach in schools. More details and info on how to apply here:
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@ScotsAtlas
Scots Syntax Atlas
5 years
Research assistant post (1 day a week funded til July 2023) working on @ScotsAtlas. Closing 19th Oct!
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@JoannaKopaczyk
Prof Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson
6 years
@ScotsAtlas - we can finally explore modern #Scots grammar systematically- prezzie by @essikert at #scotsed2020: Clips, transcripts, linguistic info, interactive maps, all accessible and free! This is where β€˜youse’ is found in Scotland πŸ‘‡#Scots
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@heatherfro
heather froehlich
6 years
Really excited to see @ScotsAtlas go live this week - a tremendous undertaking, tracking variation across 145 unique communities in Scotland. Data, examples, recordings all available here: https://t.co/Hoflwaixpb
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@ahrcpress
Arts and Humanities Research Council
6 years
We love this: the @ScotsAtlas maps Scots as it is spoken across Scotland - people what they do and don’t say across different dialect areas and why
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