AHRC-funded project mapping syntactic variation across dialects of Scots.
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17 Dec 2019
And we're live! ๐ The Scots Syntax Atlas launches today. Find out more about the atlas in this thread โ or if you just want to get straight into it, head to scotssyntaxatlas.ac.uk.
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
7 Oct 2022
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!
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
6 Oct 2022
You'll have had yer tea. speakforyersel.ac.uk
@LoveBeardyBoy
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
7 Oct 2022
Hey #Scotland! Tell the @ScotsAtlas team about how you speak, and help build a super cool educational resource ๐ฃ๏ธ๐๏ธ
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
6 Oct 2022
Grannies and buses. Same rules apply to grandads/papas? speakforyersel.ac.uk
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
7 Oct 2022
Yer no wearin that, are ye?
No I'm urnae!
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
5 Oct 2022
Oh ye cannae/canna shove yer granny aff the bus! Let us know how you sing this song at speakforyersel.ac.uk
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
5 Oct 2022
Day 1 vs. Day 2 over at speakforyersel.ac.uk. 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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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
4 Oct 2022
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 speakforyersel.ac.uk
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
4 Oct 2022
La la la la la la la la. I just can't get you out of my head/heid. Speakforyersel.ac.uk
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
4 Oct 2022
Affa lot o' greetin gan on across Scotland ๐ญ. What do you cry it? speakforyersel.ac.uk
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
4 Oct 2022
We're still chapping on the door in Scotland! Speakforyersel.ac.uk
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
3 Oct 2022
Do you pronounce ball more like Paul, paw or pa? Check out speakforyersel.ac.uk to log how you speak Scots!
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
Check out this new educational resource for #Scots developed by @ScotsAtlas - add your own words, do the quizzes and have fun with Scots dialects! speakforyersel.ac.uk/ Braw!๐๐๐
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3 Oct 2022
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.
speakforyersel.ac.uk
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24 May 2021
Job available! ๐จ 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: my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruitโฆ
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15 Oct 2020
Research assistant post (1 day a week funded til July 2023) working on @ScotsAtlas. Closing 19th Oct! jobs.ac.uk/job/CBQ795/researโฆ
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
25 Jan 2020
@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 โyouseโ is found in Scotland ๐#Scots
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
18 Dec 2019
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:
scotssyntaxatlas.ac.uk/
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
18 Dec 2019
We love this: the @ScotsAtlas maps Scots as it is spoken across Scotland - people what they do and donโt say across different dialect areas and why socsi.in/WQV5y
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Scots Syntax Atlas retweeted
17 Dec 2019
this is a really wonderful project! click through and explore some great interactive maps of modern Scots usage ๐
17 Dec 2019
And we're live! ๐ The Scots Syntax Atlas launches today. Find out more about the atlas in this thread โ or if you just want to get straight into it, head to scotssyntaxatlas.ac.uk.
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