Will Lamb

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• 2024

  Scottish Gaelic: A Comprehensive Grammar

  Lamb, W., 27 Aug 2024, 1 ed. Routledge. 580 p. (Comprehensive Grammars)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Independent Study 100%

• Digital developments in Scottish Studies

  Lamb, W., Sumner, N. & Wells, G., 24 Jan 2024, In: Scottish Studies. p. 65-81 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Equipment 100%
  • audio recordings 100%
  • Electric 100%
  • Impact 100%
  • Access 100%
• 2023

  Formulas in Scottish traditional narrative: Finding poetry in the prosaic

  Lamb, W., 11 Oct 2023, New Light on Formulas in Oral Poetry and Prose. Sävborg, D. & Thorvaldsen, B. O. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols, p. 163-189

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Building a dual dataset of text- and image-grounded conversations and summarisation in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)

  Howcroft, D. M., Lamb, W., Groundwater, A. & Gkatzia, D., 30 Sept 2023, Proceedings of the 16th International Natural Language Generation Conference. ACL Anthology, p. 443-448 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Natural Language Generation 100%
  • Natural Language Processing 50%
  • Software 50%
  • Data Collection 50%

• Digitising Gaelic revitalisation: Fortifying Gaelic language and culture through digital media and technology 2023-33

  Lamb, W., 12 Sept 2023, 8 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Culture 100%
  • Technology 100%
  • Languages 100%
  • Digital Media 100%
  • Digital Medium 100%

• A low-resource pipeline for text-to-speech from found data with application to Scottish Gaelic

  Wells, D., Richmond, K. & Lamb, W., Sept 2023, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Interspeech 2023. Harte, N., Carson-Berndsen, J. & Jones, G. (eds.). Dublin: ISCA, p. 4324-4328 (Interspeech - Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

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  • Application 100%
  • Text-to-Speech 100%
  • Linguistics 50%
  • speech corpus 50%
  • Models 50%

• A transformer-based standardisation system for Scottish Gaelic

  Huang, J., Alex, B., Bauer, M., Jasin, D. S., Yuchao, L., Thomas, R. & Lamb, W., 19 Aug 2023, Proceedings of SIGUL 2023: 2nd Annual Meeting of the ELRA/ISCA SIG on Under-resourced Languages. ISCA, p. 108-112 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • Training 100%
  • Standardization 100%
  • Performance 100%
  • Languages 100%
  • Transformer 100%
• 2022

  Goidelic Language Technology

  Lamb, W. & Fransen, T., Oct 2022, (Accepted/In press) Palgrave Handbook of Celtic Languages and Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

  • Language 100%
  • Training 25%
  • Dynamics 25%
  • Learning 25%
  • Generation 25%

• Developing automatic speech recognition for Scottish Gaelic

  Evans, L., Lamb, W., Sinclair, M. & Alex, B., 15 Jun 2022, Proceedings of the 4th Celtic Language Technology Workshop at LREC 2022 (CLTW 4). Fransen, T., Lamb, W. & Prys, D. (eds.). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), p. 110-120 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

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  • Speech Recognition 100%
  • Speech Recognition System 50%
  • User 25%
  • Endangered Language 25%
  • Language Resource 25%

• Handwriting recognition for Scottish Gaelic

  Sinclair, M., Lamb, W. & Alex, B., 15 Jun 2022, Proceedings of the 4th Celtic Language Technology Workshop at LREC 2022 (CLTW 4). Fransen, T., Lamb, W. & Prys, D. (eds.). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), p. 60-70 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • Handwriting 100%
  • Speech Production 50%
  • Potential 50%
  • Lecture 50%
  • Archives 50%

• Proceedings of the 4th Celtic Language Technology Workshop at LREC 2022 (CLTW 4)

  Fransen, T. (ed.), Lamb, W. (ed.) & Prys, D. (ed.), 15 Jun 2022, Marseille: European Language Resources Association (ELRA). 133 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  Open Access

  File

• Preface

  Fransen, T., Lamb, W. & Prys, D., 1 Jun 2022, LREC 2022 Workshop - Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 20-25 June 2022: 4th Celtic Language Technology Workshop (CLTW4) Proceedings. Fransen, T., Lamb, W. & Prys, D. (eds.). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), p. III

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

• A Picasso of perspectives on formulaic language

  Frog & Lamb, W., May 2022, Weathered Words: Formulaic Language and Verbal Art. Frog & Lamb, W. (eds.). Harvard University Press, p. 5-17 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• From motif to multiword expression: The development of formulaic language in Gaelic traditional narrative

  Lamb, W., May 2022, Weathered Words: Formulaic Language and Verbal Art. Frog & Lamb, W. (eds.). Harvard University Press, p. 193-220 27 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Weathered Words: Formulaic Language and Verbal Art

  Frog, (ed.) & Lamb, W. (ed.), May 2022, Harvard University Press. 450 p. (Hellenic Studies)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Language 100%
  • Words 100%
  • Formulaic language 100%
  • Verbal Art 100%
  • Oral 60%
• 2020

  Dialect variation in Scottish Gaelic nominal morphology: A quantitative study

  Iosad, P. & Lamb, W., 30 Dec 2020, In: Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics. 5, 1, p. 1-31 31 p., 130.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Quantitative Study 100%
  • Nominals 100%
  • Dialect variation 100%
  • Morphosyntax 25%
  • Nouns 25%

• An online linguistic analyser for Scottish Gaelic

  Boizou, L. & Lamb, W., 30 Sept 2020, Human Language Technologies - The Baltic Perspective: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference Baltic HLT 2020. Utka, A., Vaičenoniene, J., Kovalevskaitė, J. & Kalinauskaitė, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press, p. 119-122 4 p. (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications; vol. 328).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • Linguistics 100%
  • Resources 100%
  • Online 100%
  • Language 50%
  • Tool-kits 50%
• 2019

  Dhannsadh gun Dannsadh: Dance-songs of the Scottish Gaels

  Translated title of the contribution: We Would DanceLamb, W., 22 Nov 2019, 32 p. Greentrax Recordings.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Dance 100%
  • Child 33%
  • Educational Administrators 33%
  • Translation 33%
  • Dancing 33%
• 2018

  Leasachadh Corpas na Gàidhlig: Work Stream 4: LEACAG Project Assessment

  McLeod, W., Lamb, W. & Wilson, C., Aug 2018, Bòrd na Gàidhlig . 70 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Stiùireadh Gràmair LEACAG

  Ross, S., McConville, M., McLeod, W., Lamb, W. & Cox, R., Aug 2018, DASG. 27 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 2017

  Grafting culture: On the development and diffusion of the strathspey in Scottish music

  Lamb, W., 1 Feb 2017, In: Scottish Studies. 37, p. 94-104 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

• Leasachadh Corpas na Gàidhlig (LEACAG) – Work stream 2.1: Consultation with professional users to identify key grammatical issues

  McLeod, W., Lamb, W. & Wilson, C., 2017, (Accepted/In press) Bòrd na Gàidhlig . 41 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• 2016

  The strathspey in Scottish music: On its origins and 'uneasy relationship' with the Highland bagpipes

  Lamb, W., Nov 2016, The Piping Times, p. 24-37 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

  Open Access

  File

• Developing embedding models for Scottish Gaelic

  Lamb, W. & Sinclair, M., 5 Jul 2016, Proceedings of the 2nd Celtic Language Technology Workshop. p. 31-41

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Model 100%
  • Embedding 100%
  • Models 100%
  • Words 50%
  • Semantics 50%

• Morphology and dialectology in the Linguistic Survey of Scotland: A quantitative approach

  Iosad, P. & Lamb, W., 24 Jun 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Quantitative 100%
  • Linguistics 100%
  • Dialectology 100%
  • Linguistic surveys 100%
  • Lenition 62%
• 2015

  Verbal formulas in Gaelic traditional narrative: Some aspects of their form and function

  Lamb, W., 3 Dec 2015, Registers of Communication. Agha, A. & Frog (eds.). Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society (SKS), p. 225-246 22 p. ( Studia Fennica Linguistica; vol. 18).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

• Review of Sparling, Heather. 2014. Reeling Roosters & Dancing Ducks: Celtic Mouth Music

  Lamb, W., Mar 2015, An Naidheachd Againne: Cuairt-litir A' Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich Ameireaganaich 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

  Open Access

  File
• 2014

  A Response to Newton’s ‘The Origins of the Strathspey: A Rebuttal’

  Lamb, W., 5 Nov 2014, (Unpublished) 14 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  File

• Developing an automatic part-of-speech tagger for Scottish Gaelic

  Danso, S. & Lamb, W., 23 Aug 2014, Proceedings of the Celtic Technology Workshop (CLTW 2014): A Workshop of the 25th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2014) August 23, 2014 Dublin, Ireland. Judge, J., Lynn, T., Ward, M. & Brian, Ó. R. (eds.). Vol. 1. p. 1-5 5 p. 1

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Accuracy 100%
  • Project Methodology 50%
  • Future Direction 50%
• 2013

  Recitation or Re-creation? A Reconsideration: Verbal Consistency in the Gaelic Storytelling of Duncan MacDonald

  Lamb, W., Dec 2013, 'A Guid Hairst': Collecting and Archiving Scottish Tradition: Essays in Honour of Dr Margaret Mackay. Campbell, K., Lamb, W., Martin, N. & West, G. (eds.). Shaker Publishing, p. 171-184 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

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• Reeling in the Strathspey: The Origins of Scotland’s National Music

  Lamb, W., 24 Jun 2013, In: Scottish Studies. 36, p. 66-102 46 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Music 100%
  • Characteristics 50%
  • audio recordings 50%
  • Song 50%
  • Developmental 50%

• The Storyteller, the Scribe, and a Missing Man: Hidden Influences from Printed Sources in the Gaelic Tales of Duncan and Neil MacDonald

  Lamb, W., 5 Jan 2013, In: Oral Tradition. 27, 1, p. 109-160 59 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Plagiarism 100%
  • Authors 100%
  • Fashion 100%
  • Observation 100%
  • Detection 100%

• 'A Guid Hairst': Collecting and Archiving Scottish Tradition: Essays in Honour of Dr Margaret A. Mackay

  Campbell, K. (ed.), Lamb, W. (ed.), Martin, N. (ed.) & West, G. (ed.), 2013, Maastricht: Shaker Verlag. 323 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• 2012

  Keith Norman MacDonald's Puirt-à-Beul :The Vocal Dance Music of the Scottish Gaels, With an Introduction and Historical Notes

  Lamb, W. (ed.), 27 Jun 2012, Breakish: Taigh na Teud. 200 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• 2008

  Scottish Gaelic Speech and Writing: Register Variation in an Endangered Language

  Lamb, W., Jun 2008, Belfast: Cló Ollscoil na Banríona. 330 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  Open Access

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  • Speech Production 100%
  • Register variation 100%
  • Registre 100%
  • Endangered Language 100%
  • Variation 37%
• 2006

  The noun phrase in Scottish Gaelic speech and writing

  Lamb, W., 2006, Cànan & Cultar / Language & Culture: Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 3. McLeod, W., Gunderloch, A. & Fraser, J. (eds.). Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, p. 153-178

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• 2005

  Towards a corpus of spontaneous spoken Scottish Gaelic

  Lamb, W., 2005, Legislation, Literature and Sociolinguistics: Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Kirk, J. M. & Ó Baoill, D. P. (eds.). Belfast: Cló Ollscoil na Banríona, p. 126-137

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• 2003

  Scottish Gaelic (2nd edition)

  Lamb, W., 2003, Munich: Lincom Europa. 120 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Grammar 100%
  • Sociolinguistics 100%
  • Back-ground 100%
• 1999

  A diachronic account of Gaelic news-speak: The development and expansion of a register

  Lamb, W., 1999, In: Scottish Gaelic Studies. XIX, p. 141-171

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review