Euan Reid obituary Euan Reid was a sociolinguistics expert with a particular interest in the use of minority languages in the UK Euan Reid was a sociolinguistics expert with a particular interest in the use of minority languages in the UK KevinWilson Fri 7 May 2021 13.21 EDT Last modified on Fri 7 May 2021 13.22 EDT My father-in-law, Euan Reid, who has died aged 81, was a language researcher who worked internationally to promote the discipline of sociolinguistics – the study of how language affects various aspects of society, including cultural norms. Euan was born in Glasgow during the second world war to Isabel Whitefield and Alan Reid. His parents met at Glasgow University, where Isabel was secretary of the student Scottish Nationalist Party and Alan trained in medicine, later becoming club doctor for Chelsea football club.