A History of the Scots Language

Author:   Robert McColl Millar (Professor in Linguistics and Scots Language, Professor in Linguistics and Scots Language, University of Aberdeen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198864004


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 September 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Robert McColl Millar (Professor in Linguistics and Scots Language, Professor in Linguistics and Scots Language, University of Aberdeen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780198864004


ISBN 10:   0198864000
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 September 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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1: What is Scots? 2: Historical and linguistic backgrounds: the Germanic languages, Old English and the pre-Scots period 3: Scots in the Medieval and Early Modern periods 4: Scots in decline? The Modern Age 5: Historical phonology of Scots 6: Historical morphosyntax of Scots 7: Historical development of Scots lexis 8: Conclusions

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Robert McColl Millar is Professor in Linguistics and Scots Language at the University of Aberdeen. His particular interests lie in the present use and history of Scots, in social dialectology and in the effects of language contact. His books include Northern and Insular Scots (Edinburgh University Press, 2007), Modern Scots: An Analytical Survey (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2020).

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