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Robert McColl Millar is a Professor of Linguistics and Scottish Language at the University of Aberdeen's School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture. His research focuses on the interface between Gaelic and Scots, lexical attrition, rapid language change, language policy, standardization processes, and the sociology of language.
- PhD in English Historical Linguistics (University of London, 1991)
- MA in English Language and Literature (University of Glasgow, 1987)
He has authored influential books including System Collapse, System Rebirth (2000), Contact: The Interaction of Closely Related Linguistic Varieties (2016), and A History of the Scots Language (2023). His editorial roles include Scottish Language, and he co-edits the Edinburgh Studies in the Language of Scotland series.
His recent publications, such as Linguistic Contact and Language Change (2024) and Trask's Historical Linguistics (2023), explore phonological shifts, creole genesis, and comparative methods. Supervising over 25 doctoral theses, his work spans language teaching, contact, and 18th-century Scottish linguistic practices.
