15.3341, FYI: Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS)

[LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-15-3341. Tue Nov 30 2004. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 15.3341, FYI: Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS)

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org)
        Sheila Collberg, U of Arizona
        Terry Langendoen, U of Arizona

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, Wayne
State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Ann Sawyer <sawyer at linguistlist.org>
================================================================

To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at
http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html.


===========================Directory==============================

1)
Date: 30-Nov-2004
From: Wendy Anderson < W.Anderson at englang.arts.gla.ac.uk >
Subject: Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS)



-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:25:41
From: Wendy Anderson < W.Anderson at englang.arts.gla.ac.uk >
Subject: Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS)


The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech project (SCOTS)
has launched its online corpus - on St Andrew's Day, 30th
November 2004.

This new resource, which is freely and publicly available,
captures the languages of Scotland, by bringing together
written, spoken, audio and video texts. Initially we are making
available close to 400 texts, around half a million words in total,
ranging from Broad Scots to Scottish English. SCOTS already
contains a wide variety of types of text: prose, poetry, drama,
essays, correspondence, business writing. Audio and video
material comes complete with transcriptions, and access to
the original sound or video. All of the texts are accompanied by
comprehensive sociolinguistic information about the text itself and
its author.

To find out more about the SCOTS project or to browse or search
the corpus, please visit the project website at:

 www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk

The corpus itself will be accessible from this site from 30th November.
SCOTS is an ongoing project, and to give as accurate a picture as possible
of the languages of Scotland, we need more texts. We encourage anyone
who might be able to contribute to the resource by donating texts
(either written or spoken) to contact us, by email or through the website.

The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS) is a venture by the
Department of English Language and STELLA project at the University of
Glasgow. The first stage of the project was grant-funded by the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; the current
three-year stage is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board
(www.ahrb.ac.uk).  The AHRB funds postgraduate training and research
in the arts and humanities, from archaeology and English literature to
design and dance. The quality and range of research supported not only
provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic
success of the UK.  For further information on the AHRB, please see:

www.ahrb.ac.uk

Dr Wendy J. Anderson
Research Assistant
Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech
Department of English Language
University of Glasgow
12 University Gardens
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Scotland, UK

Website: http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk


Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics





-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-15-3341