Ulster-Scots Academic Research

An on-line resource of research on Ulster-Scots language and literature

An extensive range of academic essays on Ulster-Scots will be added to this site soon. The full text of the published seminal volume of academic studies on the Ulster-Scots language, The Academic Study of Ulster-Scots: Essays for and by Robert J Gregg, Anne Smyth, Michael Montgomery and Philip Robinson, (eds.), Cultra, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, 2006, is now available online: The Academic Study of Ulster-Scots

General: Essays on general aspects of the history and development of the language

Grammar: Descriptive accounts of the grammar and syntax of the written and spoken language

Orthography: Descriptive accounts of the orthography of the written language and pronunciation of the spoken language

Literature: Aspects of the history, characteristics and evolution of Ulster-Scots writing and writers

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The Ulster-Scots Academy has been an integral part of the Ulster-Scots Language Society since 1993. The name "Ulster-Scots Academy" is registered to the USLS with the Intellectual Property Office.

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LATEST

A new edition of Michael Montgomery’s From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English recounts the lasting impact that at least 150,000 settlers from Ulster in the 18th century made on the development of the English language of the United States. This new edition published by the Ulster-Scots Language Society documents over 500 ‘shared’ vocabulary items which are authenticated by quotations from both sides of the Atlantic. A searchable online version of this dictionary is now also available here.

FORTHCOMING

The Ulster-Scots Academy is currently working on the digitisation of Dr Philip Robinson's seminal Ulster-Scots Grammar and the English/Ulster-Scots part (with circa 10,000 entries) of a two-way historical dictionary of Ulster-Scots. These projects are planned to be completed and available on the site in 2016.

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This site is being developed by the Ulster-Scots Language Society (Charity No. XN89678) without external financial assistance. USLS volunteers have been involved in preserving and promoting Ulster-Scots for more than 20 years. All donations, however small, will be most gratefully received and contribute towards the expansion of the project. Thank you!

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