Motion · S2M-05409 · 12 Jan 2007
Scots Language Dictionaries
The motion
That the Parliament recognises the long history of Scots language dictionaries, from Jamieson’s in 1808 to the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary completed in 1976, the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue completed in 12 volumes in 2002 and the online Dictionary of the Scots Language in 2004, which together put Scotland at the forefront of producers of dictionaries of minority languages; also welcomes the work being done on Faclair na Gàidhlig, and, in order to safeguard the future of these long-term dictionary projects, urges the Scottish Executive and other government, commercial and charitable organisations to co-operate in providing the requisite funds for continuing work on them.
Supporters (19)
- Brian Adam 2 Feb 2007
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 2 Feb 2007
- Rob Gibson 2 Feb 2007
- Robin Harper 2 Feb 2007
- Carolyn Leckie 2 Feb 2007
- Ken Macintosh 2 Feb 2007
- Nora Radcliffe 2 Feb 2007
- Stewart Stevenson 2 Feb 2007
- Jamie Stone 2 Feb 2007
- John Swinburne 2 Feb 2007
- Murray Tosh 2 Feb 2007
- Andrew Welsh 2 Feb 2007
- Sandra White 2 Feb 2007
- Chris Ballance 5 Feb 2007
- Mr Andrew Arbuckle 6 Feb 2007
- Rosie Kane 6 Feb 2007
- Ms Rosemary Byrne 7 Feb 2007
- Dr Jean Turner 8 Feb 2007
- Linda Fabiani 14 Feb 2007
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.