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Bristol vocabulary: A provisional list (2014)
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Coates, R., & Vicker, M. (2014). Bristol vocabulary: A provisional list

A provisional list of vocabulary strongly connected with, or diagnostic of, the Bristol area.

Oundle, Northamptonshire (2014)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2014). Oundle, Northamptonshire

The name of Oundle, noted earliest as the death-place of St Wilfrid and later of St Cett, and as the burial-place of archbishop Wulfstan of York, has not received a fully satisfactory explanation, despite a wealth of early mentions.

The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2013). The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective. Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 61(3), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1179/0027773813Z.00000000052

The three current theories of the origin of the name of the American state of Maine are reviewed and rejected. The connection of the colonist Sir Ferdinando Gorges with Ireland is explored, and a possible origin is proposed in the circumstances of th... Read More about The name of the state of Maine: An Irish perspective.

Wirral revisited (2013)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2013). Wirral revisited. Nomina, 36, 75-105

This article has two goals. The first is to document fully the recurrent English place-name Wirral and a number of similar ones which can be shown, in some cases definitely, in others probably or possibly, to have the same origin, as well as others w... Read More about Wirral revisited.

A toponomastic contribution to the linguistic prehistory of the British Isles (2012)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2012). A toponomastic contribution to the linguistic prehistory of the British Isles. Nomina, 35, 49-102

It is well known that some of the major island-names of the archipelago consisting politically of the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the UK Crown Dependencies are etymologically obscure. In this paper, I present and cautiously analyse a... Read More about A toponomastic contribution to the linguistic prehistory of the British Isles.

Family names of the United Kingdom: A new research project in British anthroponomastics (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Hanks, P., McClure, P., & Coates, R. (2011, September). Family names of the United Kingdom: A new research project in British anthroponomastics. Presented at 24th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain

We present a major new research project in surname studies in Britain. The project is called Family Names of the United Kingdom (abbreviated to FaNUK). It is a 4-year project based at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics in the University of the West o... Read More about Family names of the United Kingdom: A new research project in British anthroponomastics.

Some consequences and critiques of The Pragmatic Theory of Properhood (2011)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2011). Some consequences and critiques of The Pragmatic Theory of Properhood. https://doi.org/10.2143/ONO.41.0.2119609

In several recent papers (Coates 2005a, 2005b, 2006a) I have suggested an approach to name theory which I have called a pragmatic theory of properhood, or, if I may elevate the descriptive phrase iconically into a proper name, The Pragmatic Theory of... Read More about Some consequences and critiques of The Pragmatic Theory of Properhood.

The traditional dialect of Sussex (2010)
Book
Coates, R. (2010). The traditional dialect of Sussex. Lewes: Pomegranate Press

Part One consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 situates dialect, and dialect writing in particular, in relation to the history of the emergence of standard written English. Chapter 2 presents the contribution of academic linguists and philologists to... Read More about The traditional dialect of Sussex.

A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name (2009)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2009). A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name. Mind and Language, 24(4), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2009.01369.x

A strictly Millian approach to proper names is defended, i.e. one in which expressions when used properly ('onymically') refer directly, i.e. without the semantic intermediaryship of the words that appear to comprise them. The approach may appear sel... Read More about A strictly Millian approach to the definition of the proper name.