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1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Series |
Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 14 |
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Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 14
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| Contents |
SCOTS AND ITS LITERATURE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; LOWLAND SCOTS: AN AMBIVALENT NATIONAL TONGUEa; THE CONCEPT OF STANDARD SCOTSa; THE DEBATE ON SCOTS ORTHOGRAPHYa; SCOTTIS, INGLIS, SUDDROUN: LANGUAGE LABELS AND LANGUAGE ATTITUDESa; THE PINKERTON SYNDROMEa; WHAT SCOTS OWES TO GAELICa; SCOTS IN DIALOGUE: SOME USES AND IMPLICATIONSa; LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISATION IN ROB ROYa; LANGUAGE VARIETIES IN THE THREE PERILS OF MANa; LANGUAGE VARIETIES IN THE THREE PERILS OF MANa; SCOTS AND ENGLISH IN ANNALS OF THE PARISH AND THE PROVOSTa |
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE ENTAILaLANGUAGE AND GENRE IN ALLAN RAMSAY'S 1721 POEMSa; SCOTS AND ITS USE IN RECENT POETRYa; THE SYNTHESISERS OF SCOTSa; BIBLIOGRAPHY; I. Primary Literature.; II. Linguistic and Literary Studies.; INDEX OF NAMES; GENERAL INDEX |
| Summary |
Among the topics treated in this collection are the status of Scots as a national language; the orthography of Scots; the actual and potential degree of standardisation of Scots; the debt of the vocabulary of Scots to Gaelic; the use of Scots in fictional dialogue; and the development of Scots as a poetic medium in the modern period. All fourteen articles, written and published between 1979 and 1988, have been extensively revised and updated. J. Derrick McClure is a senior lecturer in the English Department at Aberdeen University and a well-known authority on the history of Scots |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-210) and indexes |
| 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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Scots language.
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Dialect literature, Scottish -- History and criticism
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Civilization
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Dialect literature, Scottish
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Literature
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Scots language
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Schots (Engels)
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Littérature écossaise -- Histoire et critique.
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Gaélique d'Écosse (langue)
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Scotland -- In literature
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Scotland -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118814
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Scotland
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Écosse (GB) -- Dans la littérature.
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Écosse (GB) -- Civilisation.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95043671 |
| ISBN |
9789027276056 |
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9027276056 |
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1283358433 |
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9781283358439 |
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9786613358431 |
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6613358436 |
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