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Language and Scottish Literature : Scottish Language and Literature Volume 2 / John Corbett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Scottish Language and Literature : SLLPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748608263
  • 9780748674220
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427/.9411 21
LOC classification:
  • PE2102
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Scottish Language and Literature -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Varieties of Scots -- 2. Language and Literary Studies -- 3. Analysing Grammar -- 4. Questions of Vocabulary -- 5. Metaphor -- 6. Language in Use -- 7. Sounds and Structures -- 8. Narrative (1): Address, Deixis and Speech -- 9. Narrative (2): Points of View, Cohesion and Coherence -- 10. Beyond the Text (1): Scottish Stereotypes -- 11. Beyond the Text (2): Processing Discourse -- 12. The Language of Older Scottish Literature -- Common Stanzas in Scots Poetry -- Glossary of Linguistic Terms -- Glossary of Scots Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This practical introduction uses theories of language to explore different aspects of Scottish literature. It includes material on varieties of Scots and Scottish English, linguistic approaches to literary studies, the grammar of texts, vocabulary, metaphor, poetic metre, language in use, point of view, narrative, stereotypes of the Scots, discourse and reading older Scottish texts. Extensive examples demonstrate the application of the theories, from poems and ballads to a football report, and from short stories to extracts from film scripts and plays.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Scottish Language and Literature -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Varieties of Scots -- 2. Language and Literary Studies -- 3. Analysing Grammar -- 4. Questions of Vocabulary -- 5. Metaphor -- 6. Language in Use -- 7. Sounds and Structures -- 8. Narrative (1): Address, Deixis and Speech -- 9. Narrative (2): Points of View, Cohesion and Coherence -- 10. Beyond the Text (1): Scottish Stereotypes -- 11. Beyond the Text (2): Processing Discourse -- 12. The Language of Older Scottish Literature -- Common Stanzas in Scots Poetry -- Glossary of Linguistic Terms -- Glossary of Scots Terms -- Bibliography -- Index

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This practical introduction uses theories of language to explore different aspects of Scottish literature. It includes material on varieties of Scots and Scottish English, linguistic approaches to literary studies, the grammar of texts, vocabulary, metaphor, poetic metre, language in use, point of view, narrative, stereotypes of the Scots, discourse and reading older Scottish texts. Extensive examples demonstrate the application of the theories, from poems and ballads to a football report, and from short stories to extracts from film scripts and plays.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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