University of Aberdeen

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with University of Aberdeen*

Titles

Doric: The dialect of North-East Scotland

J. Derrick McClure

Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

[Varieties of English Around the World, T8] 2002. vi, 219 pp. | monograph

Scots and its Literature

J. Derrick McClure

Subjects English linguistics | English literature & literary studies | Germanic linguistics

[Varieties of English Around the World, G14] 1996. vi, 218 pp. | monograph

Leonardi, Letizia 2025 An empirical investigation into readers’ reception of figurative language in translated poetry

Keywords: poetry translation | readers’ reception | empirical research | translation expectations | Giacomo Leopardi

Translation, Cognition & Behavior 8:2 | article

Knight, Dawn, Anne O’Keeffe, Geraldine Mark, Christopher Fitzgerald, Justin McNamara, Svenja Adolphs, Benjamin Cowan, Tania Fahey Palma, Fiona Farr & Sandrine Peraldi 2024 Indicating engagement in online workplace meetings: The role of backchannelling head nods

Keywords: backchannels | response tokens | virtual communication | online workplace meetings | multi-modal corpus linguistics

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 29:3 pp. 389–416 | article

McColl Millar, Robert 2017 Bann & Corbett. 2015. Spelling Scots. The Orthography of Literary Scots, 1700–2000

EWW 38:1 | book review

McColl Millar, Robert 2017 Bann & Corbett. 2015. Spelling Scots. The Orthography of Literary Scots, 1700–2000

English World-Wide 38:1 pp. 121–124 | book review

Barras, William 2015 Lancashire

Keywords: cultural and historical context of Lancashire | data collection | definite article reduction | phonological variation | rhoticity

In: Researching Northern English, Hickey, Raymond (ed.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G55] pp. 271–292

Jager, Bernadet & Alexandra A. Cleland 2015 Connecting the research fields of lexical ambiguity and figures of speech: Polysemy effects for conventional metaphors and metonyms

Keywords: polysemy | ambiguity | homonymy | figurative | lexical decision | semantic categorization | mental lexicon | metaphors | metonyms | literal

The Mental Lexicon 10:1 pp. 133–151 | article

Coyle, Do 2014 Motivating teachers and learners as researchers

Keywords: CLIL | dialogic practices | learner-teacher research | strategic engagement | successful learning

In: Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: From theory to practice, Lasagabaster, David, Aintzane Doiz & Juan Manuel Sierra (eds.) [Language Learning & Language Teaching, 40] pp. 51–69

Ingold, Timothy 2015 The creativity of undergoing

Keywords: performance | undergoing | time | attention | Aspiration | creativity | copying | concrescence | calligraphy | education | doing | improvisation | imagination | history | lace-making | innovation | music | ontogenesis | notation

Pragmatics & Cognition 22:1 pp. 124–139 | article

Fioratou, Evridiki & Stephen J. Cowley 2011 Insightful thinking: Cognitive dynamics and material artifacts

In: Distributed Language, Cowley, Stephen J. (ed.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 34] pp. 57–80

Durham, Mercedes 2011 Right dislocation in Northern England: Frequency and use — perception meets reality

Keywords: right dislocation | gender | Yorkshire English | age | variation

English World-Wide 32:3 pp. 257–279 | article

McClure, J. Derrick 2010 The distinctiveness of Scots: Perceptions and reality

In: Varieties of English in Writing: The written word as linguistic evidence, Hickey, Raymond (ed.) [Varieties of English Around the World, G41] p. 99

Fioratou, Evridiki & Stephen J. Cowley 2009 Insightful thinking: Cognitive dynamics and material artifacts

Keywords: artifacts | distributed language | distributed cognition | extended mind | problem solving | insight

Pragmatics & Cognition 17:3 pp. 549–572 | article

McColl Millar, Robert 2008 The origins and development of Shetland dialect in light of dialect contact theories

Keywords: Scots | Shetland | New Dialect Formation | Norn | Founder Effect

English World-Wide 29:3 pp. 237–267 | article

Watson, Cate 2008 Small stories, positioning analysis, and the doing of professional identities in learning to teach

Keywords: Identity | Narrative | Professional identity | Teaching | Positioning analysis | Small stories | Student teachers

Narrative Inquiry 17:2 pp. 371–389 | article

McColl Millar, Robert 2008 Kailyard, conservatism and Scots in the Statistical Accounts of Scotland

In: New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002. Volume II: Lexis and Transmission, Kay, Christian, Carole Hough & Irené Wotherspoon (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 252] pp. 163–176

McColl Millar, Robert 2003 Review of Urban Scots Dialect Writing by Anette I. Hagan (2002)

English World-Wide 24:1 pp. 122–126 | book review

McColl Millar, Robert 2003 Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English

In: Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English, Fischer, Olga, Anette Rosenbach & Dieter Stein (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 53] pp. 275–310

Pearson, David G. & Robert H. Logie 2003 Working Memory and Mental Synthesis: A dual-task approach

In: Spatial Cognition: Foundations and applications, Ó Nualláin, Seán (ed.) [Advances in Consciousness Research, 26] pp. 347–359

Allan, Alasdair 1998  A Sermon I Scots Preach't at King's College Chaipel, Aiberdeen, Mey 1996

English World-Wide 19:2 pp. 261–273 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.