The Edinburgh Companion to Scots
Author:   John Corbett ,  J. Derrick McClure ,  Jane Stuart-Smith
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9780748615964


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   19 March 2003
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   John Corbett ,  J. Derrick McClure ,  Jane Stuart-Smith
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.457kg
ISBN:  

9780748615964


ISBN 10:   0748615962
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   19 March 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. A Brief History of Scots; John Corbett, J Derrick McClure, Jane Stuart-Smith; 2. Scottish Place-names; Margaret Scott; 3. Scottish Surnames; Carole Hough; 4. Studying Scots Vocabulary; Caroline Macafee; 5. Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots; Jim Miller; 6. The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots; Jane Stuart-Smith; 7. The Phonology of Older Scots; Caroline Macafee, incorporating material from the late A.J. Aitken; 8. Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis; Anneli Meurman-Solin; 9. The Language of Older Scots Poetry; Jeremy J Smith; 10. The Language of Modern Scots Poetry; J. Derrick McClure; 11. The Scots Language Abroad; Michael Montgomery; 12. Language Planning and Modern Scots; John Corbett.

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This gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it. This gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it.


This gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it. This gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it.


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J. Derrick McClure is a Reader at the University of Aberdeen Jane Stuart-Smith is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

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