Dr Maggie Scott
Lecturer in English Language
Crescent House
T +44 (0)161 295 5552
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My research focuses on onomastics, semantics, and the history and lexicography of English and Scots. I am also interested in perceptions of Scots and Scottish English, particularly in the wake of devolution. Before coming to Salford in 2008, I worked as a historical lexicographer for ten years, originally for the Historical Thesaurus of English at the University of Glasgow (where I did my first and second degrees), then the Oxford English Dictionary, and most recently Scottish Language Dictionaries in Edinburgh. During this time I have also taught a range of subjects relating to the historical and modern linguistics of English and Scots at the University of Glasgow, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the University of Edinburgh’s Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies.
Supervision
I am keen to hear from prospective PhD students interested in the history of English and Scots lexis, historical lexicography, prescriptivism, lexical semantics, place-names and personal names.
Modules Convened
Attitudes to English
The Language of Names
Historical Lexicography
History of English 1
Administrative Posts
Programme Leader for English Literature with English Language (from 2011-12)
Undergraduate Assessments Officer
Selected Publications
Scott, M. 2008. 'Unsung Etymologies: lexical and onomastic evidence for the influence of Scots on English'. Yesterday’s Words: Contemporary, Current and Future Lexicography. Eds M. Mooijaart and M. van der Wal. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 187-198.
Scott, M. 2008. ‘Words, Names and Culture: place-names and the Scots language’. Journal of Scottish Name Studies, 2, 85-98.
Scott, M. 2007. ‘Place-names and the Scots language: the marches of lexical research’. Scottish Language, 26, 1-15.
Scott, M. 2004. ‘Uses of Scottish place-names as evidence in historical dictionaries’, in Kay, C. et al. (eds), New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics, Selected Papers from 12th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, 21st to 26th August, Glasgow, 2002, Volume II: Lexis and Transmission, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 213-24.
Scott, M. 2003. ‘Scottish Place-Names’, in Corbett, J. et al. (eds), The Edinburgh Companion to Scots, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 17-30.
For more information, please see my SEEK research page.
External responsibilities
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of English Language, University of Glasgow
Editor of Nomina, the journal of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Scottish Name Studies
Member of the Advisory Committee for the online edition of Slang and its Analogues