Professor John Corbett
- Visiting Professor (School of Critical Studies)
Publications
2017
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2017) Exploring English with Online Corpora: An Introduction [2nd ed.]. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, Hampshire. ISBN 9781137438126
2015
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2015) 'What do we chat about when we chat about culture?' The discourse of online intercultural exchanges. In: Tcherepashenets, N. (ed.) Globalizing On-line: Telecollaboration, Internationalization, and Social Justice. Series: Telecollaboration in Education (4). Peter Lang: Bern, pp. 177-200. ISBN 9783034315203
2013
Corbett, J. and Stuart-Smith, J. (2013) English in Scotland. In: Hopkins, T., McKenny, J. and Decker, K. (eds.) World Englishes: Volume I: The British Isles. Series: World Englishes. Continuum: London, UK, pp. 189-217. ISBN 9780826478481
Hough, C. and Corbett, J. (2013) Beginning Old English. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230301405
2012
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2012) Shaping intercultural competence? Creating a virtual space for the development of intercultural communicative competence. In: Sharifian, F. and Jamarani, M. (eds.) Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era. Series: Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication. Routledge: New York, NYC, USA, pp. 99-115. ISBN 9780415808897
Corbett, J. and Stuart-Smith, J. (2012) Standard English in Scotland. In: Hickey, R. (ed.) Standards of English: Codified Standards Around the World. Series: Studies in English language. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, pp. 72-95. ISBN 9780521763899
2011
Corbett, J. and Anderson, W. (2011) Using it or losing it? Scots and younger speakers. In: Kirk, J.M. and Ó Baoill, D.P. (eds.) Sustaining Minority Language Communities: Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Series: Belfast studies in language, culture, and politics (20). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: Belfast, UK, pp. 225-237. ISBN 9780853899761
2010
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2010) Teaching English as a friendly language: lessons from the SCOTS corpus. ELT Journal, 64(4), pp. 414-423. (doi: 10.1093/elt/ccp085)
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2010) Editorial. Language and Intercultural Communication, 10(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1080/14708470903560465)
2009
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J.B. (2009) Exploring English with Online Corpora: An Introduction [1st ed.]. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551404
Corbett, J.B. (2009) Language, Hugh MacDiarmid and W.S. Graham. In: Brown, I. and Riach, A. (eds.) Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature. Series: Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 112-122. ISBN 9780748636938
Corbett, J.B. (2009) Sir David Lyndsay's A Satire of the Three Estates. Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, UK. ISBN 9780948877957
Corbett, J.B. (2009) Theme, field and genre: thematic realisations in academic articles and their popularisations. In: Davies, F., Forey, G. and Thompson, G. (eds.) Text Type and Texture: In Honour of Flo Davies. Series: Functional linguistics. Equinox: London, UK, pp. 70-93. ISBN 9781845532147
Corbett, J.B. and Kay, C. (2009) Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today. Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, UK. ISBN 9780948877933
2008
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J.B. (2008) The Scottish corpus of texts and speech - a user's guide. Scottish Language, 27, pp. 19-41.
Corbett, J. (2008) The end of histories? The Edinburgh history of Scottish literature; Alba literaria: a history of Scottish literature; and Scotland’s books: the Penguin history of Scottish literature. Scottish Studies Review, 9(2), pp. 151-169.
Corbett, J.B. (2008) Developing intercultural language awareness. New Routes in ELT, 34, pp. 26-27.
Corbett, J.B. (2008) Scots, English and community languages in the Scottish media. In: Blain, N. and Hutchison, D. (eds.) Media in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 20-34. ISBN 9780748627998
Kay, C. and Corbett, J. (2008) Word Webs: Exploring English Vocabulary. [Research Reports or Papers]
2007
Corbett, J., Smith, J. , Anderson, W. , Bann, J., Beavan, D. and Anderson, J. (2007) CMSW (Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing). [Research Reports or Papers]
Corbett, J.B. (2007) A double realm: Scottish literary translation in the twenty-first century. In: Schoene-Harwood, B. (ed.) Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 336-344. ISBN 9780748623952
Corbett, J.B. (2007) Speaking the world: drama in Scots translation. In: Anderman, G.M. (ed.) Voices in Translation: Bridging Cultural Divides. Series: Translating Europe. Multilingual Matters: Cleveden, UK, pp. 32-45. ISBN 9781853599835
Hough, C. and Corbett, J.B. (2007) Beginning Old English. Macmillian: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781403993496
2006
Corbett, J.B. (2006) Genre and genre analysis. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 26-32. ISBN 9780080442990
Corbett, J.B. (2006) "Nae mair pussyfuttin. Ah'm aff, Theramenes": demotic neoclassical drama in contemporary Scotland. In: McGonigal, J. and Stirling, K. (eds.) Ethically Speaking: Voice and Values in Modern Scottish Writing. Series: Scottish cultural review of language and literature (6). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 17-36. ISBN 9789042020849
Corbett, J.B. (2006) Popularisations. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 755-759. ISBN 9780080442990
Corbett, J.B. and Phipps, A.s. (2006) Culture, language and technological control: virtual intercultural connections. In: Linke, G. (ed.) New Media - New Teaching Options? Series: Anglistik & Englischunterricht (68). Winter: Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 157-178. ISBN 9783825352066
Douglas, F. and Corbett, J.B. (2006) 'Huv a wee seat, hen': evaluative terms in Scots. In: Kay, C.J., Caie, G.D., Hough, C. and Wotherspoon, I. (eds.) The Power of Words: Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics: In Honour of Christian J. Kay. Series: Costerus (new series) (163). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 35-56. ISBN 9789042021211
2003
Corbett, J.B., McClure, J.D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (Eds.) (2003) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748615964
Corbett, J.B. (2003) Ecstasy controlled: the prose styles of James Leslie Mitchell and Lewis Grassic Gibbon. In: Palmer-McCulloch, M. and Dunnigan, S. (eds.) A Flame in the Mearns: Lewis Grassic Gibbon: A Centenary Celebration. Series: Occasional papers (13). Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, UK, pp. 89-103. ISBN 9780948877544
Corbett, J.B. (2003) An intercultural approach to English language teaching. Series: Languages for intercultural communication and education, 7. Multilingual Matters: Clevedon. ISBN 9781853596841
Corbett, J.B. (2003) Language planning and modern Scots. In: Corbett, J.B., McClure, D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (eds.) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 251-273. ISBN 9780748615964
Corbett, J.B. and Douglas, F. (2003) Scots in the public sphere. In: Kirk, J.M. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds.) Towards out Goals in Broadcasting, the Press, the Performing Arts and the Economy: Minority Languages in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Series: Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics (10). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: Belfast, UK, pp. 198-210. ISBN 9780853898566
Corbett, J.B., McClure, J.D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (2003) A brief history of Scots. In: Corbett, J.B., McClure, J.D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (eds.) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780748615964
2002
Corbett, J.B. (2002) The language components of the 'Higher Still' examinations in 'English': confessions of an item-writer for a token exam. In: Kirk, J.M. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds.) Language Planning and Education: Linguistic Issues in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Series: Belfast studies in language, culture and politics (6). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: Belfast, UK, pp. 203-211. ISBN 9780853898351
Kay, C., Corbett, J., Anderson, J., Beavan, D., Douglas, F., Thompson, H. and O'Donnell, T. (2002) SCOTS (Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech). [Research Reports or Papers]
2001
Corbett, J.B. (2001) Aureation revisited. In: Bawcutt, P.J. and Mapstone, S. (eds.) William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet': Essays in Honour of Priscilla Bawcutt. Tuckwell Press: East Linton, UK, pp. 183-197. ISBN 9781862321960
Corbett, J.B. (2001) The seafarer: visibility and the translation of a West Saxon elegy into English and Scots. Translation and Literature, 10(2), pp. 1-17.
Corbett, J.B. (2001) Teaching older Scots as a foreign language? In: Caie, G.D. (ed.) The European Sun: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature, University of Strathclyde, 1993. Tuckwell Press: East Linton, UK, pp. 399-411. ISBN 9781898410973
1999
Kay, C. and Corbett, J. (1999) The Sound of Scottish Writers. [Research Reports or Papers]
1997
McAteer, E., Duffy, C. and Corbett, J. (1997) Computer-mediated communication as a learning resource. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 13(4), pp. 219-227. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1997.00024.x)
Articles
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2010) Teaching English as a friendly language: lessons from the SCOTS corpus. ELT Journal, 64(4), pp. 414-423. (doi: 10.1093/elt/ccp085)
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2010) Editorial. Language and Intercultural Communication, 10(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1080/14708470903560465)
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J.B. (2008) The Scottish corpus of texts and speech - a user's guide. Scottish Language, 27, pp. 19-41.
Corbett, J. (2008) The end of histories? The Edinburgh history of Scottish literature; Alba literaria: a history of Scottish literature; and Scotland’s books: the Penguin history of Scottish literature. Scottish Studies Review, 9(2), pp. 151-169.
Corbett, J.B. (2008) Developing intercultural language awareness. New Routes in ELT, 34, pp. 26-27.
Corbett, J.B. (2001) The seafarer: visibility and the translation of a West Saxon elegy into English and Scots. Translation and Literature, 10(2), pp. 1-17.
McAteer, E., Duffy, C. and Corbett, J. (1997) Computer-mediated communication as a learning resource. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 13(4), pp. 219-227. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.1997.00024.x)
Books
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2017) Exploring English with Online Corpora: An Introduction [2nd ed.]. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, Hampshire. ISBN 9781137438126
Hough, C. and Corbett, J. (2013) Beginning Old English. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230301405
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J.B. (2009) Exploring English with Online Corpora: An Introduction [1st ed.]. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230551404
Corbett, J.B. (2009) Sir David Lyndsay's A Satire of the Three Estates. Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, UK. ISBN 9780948877957
Corbett, J.B. and Kay, C. (2009) Understanding Grammar in Scotland Today. Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, UK. ISBN 9780948877933
Hough, C. and Corbett, J.B. (2007) Beginning Old English. Macmillian: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781403993496
Corbett, J.B. (2003) An intercultural approach to English language teaching. Series: Languages for intercultural communication and education, 7. Multilingual Matters: Clevedon. ISBN 9781853596841
Book Sections
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2015) 'What do we chat about when we chat about culture?' The discourse of online intercultural exchanges. In: Tcherepashenets, N. (ed.) Globalizing On-line: Telecollaboration, Internationalization, and Social Justice. Series: Telecollaboration in Education (4). Peter Lang: Bern, pp. 177-200. ISBN 9783034315203
Corbett, J. and Stuart-Smith, J. (2013) English in Scotland. In: Hopkins, T., McKenny, J. and Decker, K. (eds.) World Englishes: Volume I: The British Isles. Series: World Englishes. Continuum: London, UK, pp. 189-217. ISBN 9780826478481
Anderson, W. and Corbett, J. (2012) Shaping intercultural competence? Creating a virtual space for the development of intercultural communicative competence. In: Sharifian, F. and Jamarani, M. (eds.) Language and Intercultural Communication in the New Era. Series: Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication. Routledge: New York, NYC, USA, pp. 99-115. ISBN 9780415808897
Corbett, J. and Stuart-Smith, J. (2012) Standard English in Scotland. In: Hickey, R. (ed.) Standards of English: Codified Standards Around the World. Series: Studies in English language. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, pp. 72-95. ISBN 9780521763899
Corbett, J. and Anderson, W. (2011) Using it or losing it? Scots and younger speakers. In: Kirk, J.M. and Ó Baoill, D.P. (eds.) Sustaining Minority Language Communities: Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Series: Belfast studies in language, culture, and politics (20). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: Belfast, UK, pp. 225-237. ISBN 9780853899761
Corbett, J.B. (2009) Language, Hugh MacDiarmid and W.S. Graham. In: Brown, I. and Riach, A. (eds.) Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature. Series: Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 112-122. ISBN 9780748636938
Corbett, J.B. (2009) Theme, field and genre: thematic realisations in academic articles and their popularisations. In: Davies, F., Forey, G. and Thompson, G. (eds.) Text Type and Texture: In Honour of Flo Davies. Series: Functional linguistics. Equinox: London, UK, pp. 70-93. ISBN 9781845532147
Corbett, J.B. (2008) Scots, English and community languages in the Scottish media. In: Blain, N. and Hutchison, D. (eds.) Media in Scotland. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 20-34. ISBN 9780748627998
Corbett, J.B. (2007) A double realm: Scottish literary translation in the twenty-first century. In: Schoene-Harwood, B. (ed.) Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 336-344. ISBN 9780748623952
Corbett, J.B. (2007) Speaking the world: drama in Scots translation. In: Anderman, G.M. (ed.) Voices in Translation: Bridging Cultural Divides. Series: Translating Europe. Multilingual Matters: Cleveden, UK, pp. 32-45. ISBN 9781853599835
Corbett, J.B. (2006) Genre and genre analysis. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 26-32. ISBN 9780080442990
Corbett, J.B. (2006) "Nae mair pussyfuttin. Ah'm aff, Theramenes": demotic neoclassical drama in contemporary Scotland. In: McGonigal, J. and Stirling, K. (eds.) Ethically Speaking: Voice and Values in Modern Scottish Writing. Series: Scottish cultural review of language and literature (6). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 17-36. ISBN 9789042020849
Corbett, J.B. (2006) Popularisations. In: Brown, E.K. and Anderson, A. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier: Boston, USA, pp. 755-759. ISBN 9780080442990
Corbett, J.B. and Phipps, A.s. (2006) Culture, language and technological control: virtual intercultural connections. In: Linke, G. (ed.) New Media - New Teaching Options? Series: Anglistik & Englischunterricht (68). Winter: Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 157-178. ISBN 9783825352066
Douglas, F. and Corbett, J.B. (2006) 'Huv a wee seat, hen': evaluative terms in Scots. In: Kay, C.J., Caie, G.D., Hough, C. and Wotherspoon, I. (eds.) The Power of Words: Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics: In Honour of Christian J. Kay. Series: Costerus (new series) (163). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 35-56. ISBN 9789042021211
Corbett, J.B. (2003) Ecstasy controlled: the prose styles of James Leslie Mitchell and Lewis Grassic Gibbon. In: Palmer-McCulloch, M. and Dunnigan, S. (eds.) A Flame in the Mearns: Lewis Grassic Gibbon: A Centenary Celebration. Series: Occasional papers (13). Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow: Glasgow, UK, pp. 89-103. ISBN 9780948877544
Corbett, J.B. (2003) Language planning and modern Scots. In: Corbett, J.B., McClure, D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (eds.) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 251-273. ISBN 9780748615964
Corbett, J.B. and Douglas, F. (2003) Scots in the public sphere. In: Kirk, J.M. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds.) Towards out Goals in Broadcasting, the Press, the Performing Arts and the Economy: Minority Languages in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Series: Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics (10). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: Belfast, UK, pp. 198-210. ISBN 9780853898566
Corbett, J.B., McClure, J.D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (2003) A brief history of Scots. In: Corbett, J.B., McClure, J.D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (eds.) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780748615964
Corbett, J.B. (2002) The language components of the 'Higher Still' examinations in 'English': confessions of an item-writer for a token exam. In: Kirk, J.M. and Ó Baoill, D. (eds.) Language Planning and Education: Linguistic Issues in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Series: Belfast studies in language, culture and politics (6). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: Belfast, UK, pp. 203-211. ISBN 9780853898351
Corbett, J.B. (2001) Aureation revisited. In: Bawcutt, P.J. and Mapstone, S. (eds.) William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet': Essays in Honour of Priscilla Bawcutt. Tuckwell Press: East Linton, UK, pp. 183-197. ISBN 9781862321960
Corbett, J.B. (2001) Teaching older Scots as a foreign language? In: Caie, G.D. (ed.) The European Sun: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature, University of Strathclyde, 1993. Tuckwell Press: East Linton, UK, pp. 399-411. ISBN 9781898410973
Edited Books
Corbett, J.B., McClure, J.D. and Stuart-Smith, J. (Eds.) (2003) The Edinburgh Companion to Scots. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780748615964
Research Reports or Papers
Kay, C. and Corbett, J. (2008) Word Webs: Exploring English Vocabulary. [Research Reports or Papers]
Corbett, J., Smith, J. , Anderson, W. , Bann, J., Beavan, D. and Anderson, J. (2007) CMSW (Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing). [Research Reports or Papers]
Kay, C., Corbett, J., Anderson, J., Beavan, D., Douglas, F., Thompson, H. and O'Donnell, T. (2002) SCOTS (Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech). [Research Reports or Papers]
Kay, C. and Corbett, J. (1999) The Sound of Scottish Writers. [Research Reports or Papers]