| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A brief history of Scots / John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure and Jane Stuart-Smith -- Scottish place-names / Margaret Scott -- Scottish surnames / Carole Hough -- Studying Scots vocabulary / Caroline Macafee -- Syntax and discourse in modern Scots / Jim Miller -- The phonology of modern urban Scots / Jane Stuart-Smith -- The phonology of older Scots / Caroline Macafee : incorporating material by the late A.J. Aitken -- Corpus-based study of older Scots grammar and lexis / Anneli Meurman-Solin -- The language of older Scots poetry / Jeremy J. Smith -- The language of modern Scots poetry / J. Derrick McClure -- The Scots language abroad / Michael Montgomery -- Language planning and modern Scots / John Corbett |
| Summary |
This is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-296) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Scots language.
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Scots language -- Research
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Scots language
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Schots (Engels)
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Schottisch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corbett, John, 1959-
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McClure, J. Derrick
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Stuart-Smith, Jane, 1965-
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| ISBN |
9781474421591 |
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1474421598 |
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9781474421607 |
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1474421601 |
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