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The Edinburgh Companion to Scots / Jane Stuart-Smith, John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748615964
  • 9781474421591
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427.9411 23
LOC classification:
  • PE2102 .E34 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- The International Phonetic Alphabet -- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Scot -- Chapter 2 Scottish Place-names -- Chapter 3 Scottish Surnames -- Chapter 4 Studying Scots Vocabulary -- Chapter 5 Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots -- Chapter 6 The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots -- Chapter 7 The Phonology of Older Scots -- Chapter 8 Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis -- Chapter 9 The Language of Older Scots Poetry -- Chapter 10 The Language of Modern Scots Poetry -- Chapter 11 The Scots Language Abroad -- Chapter 12 Language Planning and Modern Scots -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The Edinburgh Companion to Scots is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language. The aim of the volume is to explain and illustrate methods of research into Scots and Scottish English. Topics include the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of contemporary speech in Scotland, and the investigation of Older Scots written texts. There is further coverage of issues such as modern literary Scots, language planning, placenames and personal names, and the development of Scots overseas. Each chapter gives a brief overview of the topic, and provides case studies to illustrate avenues of exploration for those beginning to develop research techniques. The book is designed as an accessible introduction to key issues and methods of investigation for undergraduate students interested in the way language has developed in Scotland.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- The International Phonetic Alphabet -- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Scot -- Chapter 2 Scottish Place-names -- Chapter 3 Scottish Surnames -- Chapter 4 Studying Scots Vocabulary -- Chapter 5 Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots -- Chapter 6 The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots -- Chapter 7 The Phonology of Older Scots -- Chapter 8 Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis -- Chapter 9 The Language of Older Scots Poetry -- Chapter 10 The Language of Modern Scots Poetry -- Chapter 11 The Scots Language Abroad -- Chapter 12 Language Planning and Modern Scots -- Bibliography -- Index

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The Edinburgh Companion to Scots is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language. The aim of the volume is to explain and illustrate methods of research into Scots and Scottish English. Topics include the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of contemporary speech in Scotland, and the investigation of Older Scots written texts. There is further coverage of issues such as modern literary Scots, language planning, placenames and personal names, and the development of Scots overseas. Each chapter gives a brief overview of the topic, and provides case studies to illustrate avenues of exploration for those beginning to develop research techniques. The book is designed as an accessible introduction to key issues and methods of investigation for undergraduate students interested in the way language has developed in Scotland.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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