A History Of The Scots Language
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A History Of The Scots Language
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Author : Robert McColl Millar
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-09-28
A History Of The Scots Language written by Robert McColl Millar and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book provides a thorough yet approachable history of the Scots language, a close relative of Standard English with around 1.5 million speakers in Scotland and several thousand in Ireland, according to the 2011 census. Despite the long history of Scots as a language of high literature, it has been somewhat neglected and has often been treated as a dialect of Standard English. In this book, Robert McColl Millar explores both sociolinguistic and structural developments in the history of Scots, bringing together these two threads of analysis to offer a better understanding of linguistic change. The first half of the book tracks the development of Scots from its beginnings to the modern period, while chapters in the second half offer detailed descriptions of Scots historical phonology and morphosyntax, and of the historical development of Scots lexis. A History of the Scots Language will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of the modern and historical Scots language, but will also be of interest to those studying the history of English and other Germanic languages.
Edinburgh History Of The Scots Language
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Author : Charles Jones
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-31
Edinburgh History Of The Scots Language written by Charles Jones and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is the first full scale attempt to record the diachronic development of this important English language variety and includes extensive essays by some of the foremost international scholars of the Scots language. The book attempts to provide a detailed and technical description of the syntax, phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the language in two main periods: the beginnings to 1700 and from 1700 to the present day. The language's geographical variation both in the past and at the present time are fully documented and the sociolinguistic forces which lie behind linguistic innovation and its transmission provide a principal theme running through the book.WINNER of the Saltire society/National Library of Scotland Scottish Research Book of the Year Award
Scots And Its Literature
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Author : J. Derrick McClure
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Scots And Its Literature written by J. Derrick McClure and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
A History Of The Scots Language
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Author : Robert McColl Millar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
A History Of The Scots Language written by Robert McColl Millar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
Sociolinguistic History Of Scotland
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Author : Robert McColl Millar
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-15
Sociolinguistic History Of Scotland written by Robert McColl Millar and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-15 with History categories.
Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots. Immigrant languages are also discussed throughout the book.
A Dictionary Of The Older Scottish Tongue
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Author : Sir William Alexander Craigie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
A Dictionary Of The Older Scottish Tongue written by Sir William Alexander Craigie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Scots language categories.
Luath Scots Language Learner
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Author : L. Colin Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Release Date : 2011-08
Luath Scots Language Learner written by L. Colin Wilson and has been published by Luath Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08 with Scots language categories.
This audio recording, which accompanies the Luath Scots Language Learner book, conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. It is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and grammar books but this is the first-ever language course. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English.
Origin Of The Scots And Scottish Language
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Author : James Paterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1855
Origin Of The Scots And Scottish Language written by James Paterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 with Scotland categories.
Scottish Education
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Author : T. G. K. Bryce
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-21
Scottish Education written by T. G. K. Bryce and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-21 with Education categories.
Interrogates the rise of national philosophies and their impact on cosmopolitanism and nationalism.
A History Book For Scots
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Author : Walter Bower
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Publishers
Release Date : 1998
A History Book For Scots written by Walter Bower and has been published by Birlinn Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon—'a history book for Scots'. It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the Pharaoh's daughter, from Egypt with the Stone of Destiny. The land that her sons discovered in the Western Ocean was named after her: Scotland. It goes on to describe the turbulent events that followed, among them the wars of the Scots and the Picts (begun by a quarrel over a dog); the poisoning of King Fergus by his wife; Macbeth's usurpation and uneasy reign; the good deeds of Margaret, queen and saint; Bruce's murder of the Red Comyn; the founding of Scotland's first university at St Andrews; the 'Burnt Candlemas'; and the endless troubles between Scotland and England. Weaving in and out of the events of Bower's factual history, like a wonderful pageant, are other subjects that fascinated him: harrowing visions of hell and purgatory, extraordinary miracles; the exploits of knights and beggars, merchants and monks; the ravages of flood and fire; the terrors of the plague; and the answers to such puzzling questions as what makes a good king, and why Englishmen have tails. In 1998 Donald Watt and his team of scholars completed the first modern edition and translation of Scotichronicon in nine volumes. It has been described as 'a massive achievement for Scottish cultural history' (Sally Mapstone) and 'an open invitation to join a voyage of discovery' (Books in Scotland). This selection from the whole of Scotichronicon puts Bower's epic of Scotland into the hands of the general reader. It is a marvellous and unforgettable story. Perhaps its importance is best summed up by Bower himself, who wrote at the end of it: Non Scotus est Christe cui liber non placet iste—Christ! He is not a Scot who is not pleased with this book! A History Book for Scots is selected from the complete edition of Scotichronicon by Walther Bower, edited by D.E.R. Watt and a team of scholars, in nine volumes.