Scots Syntax Atlas

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

[Scots Syntax Atlas @ScotsAtlas]

And we're live! 🎉 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.

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

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

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

You'll have had yer tea. https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd
@LoveBeardyBoy

[Sadie Durkacz Ryan @sadie_d_ryan]

Hey #Scotland! Tell the @ScotsAtlas team about how you speak, and help build a super cool educational resource 🗣️🎙️

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

Grannies and buses. Same rules apply to grandads/papas? https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

Yer no wearin that, are ye?
No I'm urnae!
https://t.co/8zxYkAzMuL

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

Oh ye cannae/canna shove yer granny aff the bus! Let us know how you sing this song at https://t.co/8zxYkAibDd

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

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.

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

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

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

La la la la la la la la. I just can't get you out of my head/heid. https://t.co/t3grP8QXLG

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

Affa lot o' greetin gan on across Scotland 😭. What do you cry it? https://t.co/8zxYkAiJsL

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

We're still chapping on the door in Scotland! https://t.co/t3grP8QXLG

[Jennifer Smith @thevariationist]

Do you pronounce ball more like Paul, paw or pa? Check out https://t.co/8zxYkAzMuL to log how you speak Scots!

[Prof Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson @JoannaKopaczyk]

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!👏👏👏

[Scots Syntax Atlas @ScotsAtlas]

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

[Scots Syntax Atlas @ScotsAtlas]

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: https://t.co/6CEGrTHo3F

[Scots Syntax Atlas @ScotsAtlas]

Research assistant post (1 day a week funded til July 2023) working on @ScotsAtlas. Closing 19th Oct! https://t.co/rsKYSuzrX1

[Prof Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson @JoannaKopaczyk]

@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 ‘youse’ is found in Scotland 👇#Scots

[heather froehlich @heatherfro]

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

[Arts and Humanities Research Council @ahrcpress]

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 https://t.co/rkHeKCmyub

[Tweetolectology @tweetolectology]

this is a really wonderful project! click through and explore some great interactive maps of modern Scots usage 😀