{"product_id":"further-scottish-place-name-papers-paperback","title":"Further Scottish Place-Name Papers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKing Jacob\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Watson (1865-1948) was one of the most important figures in the study of Scottish place-names and Gaelic historical linguistics and literature. Best known for \u003cem\u003ePlace-names of Ross and Cromarty\u003c\/em\u003e (1904) and \u003cem\u003eCeltic Place-names of Scotland\u003c\/em\u003e (1926), his work laid the foundations for modern Scottish toponymic scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFurther Scottish Place-Name Papers\u003c\/em\u003e aims to bring together, for the first time, all of Watson's place-name material not already included in the above works or in the earlier volume \u003cem\u003eScottish Place-Name Papers\u003c\/em\u003e (2002). The book includes previously unpublished articles from the Carmichael-Watson Collection, articles omitted from earlier collections, letters published in newspapers, extracts from the works of other authors incorporating Watson's views, material from his fieldwork notebooks, private correspondence, and other assorted pieces. An appendix seeks to identify as many as possible of Watson's informants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully indexed and carefully contextualised, this book forms an essential companion to \u003cem\u003eScottish Place-Name Papers\u003c\/em\u003e and an important resource for scholars of Scottish toponymy and Gaelic studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Jacob King is Senior Researcher at \u003cem\u003eAinmean-Àite na h-Alba\u003c\/em\u003e, the organisation responsible for providing authoritative forms of Gaelic place-names for use in media such as publications and bilingual signage. He is the author of a number of articles about place-names, as well as one of the authors of the NatureScot \u003cem\u003eGaelic in the Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e series and is the editor of \u003cem\u003eScottish Gaelic Place-Names: The Collected Works of Charles M. Robertson \u003c\/em\u003e(2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53991374881101,"sku":"9781919494104","price":36.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/DNWm1UauJW9781919494104.webp?v=1779893417","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/further-scottish-place-name-papers-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}