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Category: English language

English language researchers at Edinburgh study linguistic theory, historical linguistics and language variation as applied to the English language.

Map of Scotland
15 August 20196 August 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The origins of Scots

Beyond Burns - Howlat the Owl
25 January 20188 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Scots screivings beyond Burns

23 - Howlat the owl advent calendar
23 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Howlat the owl: a wee windae into Scots

18 - Scots language advent calendar
18 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The origins of Scots: mind yer language!

hand drawn map of Europe
27 October 201713 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The origins of the Scots language

Tiled letters spell out "English"
23 April 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

World English and globalisation

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