Voices of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man
A Thesaurus of Dialect and Slang
$491.40
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
With over 2500 separate entries from allt to zonked captured in conversations from Whalsay to Annalong via Castletown, this Thesaurus takes a stroll through the fitpads, ginnels, pendies and vennels of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. Entries contain additional information about a term’s origins, location and the social distribution of its users. Based on a prestigious nationwide survey, it is an authoritative reference work for academic linguists and an invaluable educational …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399556569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399556568 |
| Author: | Jonnie Robinson |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 172mm |
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About The Author
Jonnie Robinson
Jonnie Robinson is Lead Curator of Spoken English at the British Library, responsible for the Library’s extensive archive of sound recordings of British accents and dialects.
As a dialectologist, Jonnie has worked extensively with audio data from two nationwide surveys of regional speech: the Survey of English Dialects and BBC Voices. In 2010, he co-curated the world’s first major exhibition on the English Language, Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices.
His publications include A Thesaurus of English Dialect and Slang: England, Wales and the Channel Islands (CUP, 2021).
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