Scots and its Literature.
Title:
Scots and its Literature.
Author:
McClure, J. Derrick.
ISBN:
9789027276056
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Series:
Varieties of English Around the World ; v.14
Varieties of English Around the World
Contents:
SCOTS AND ITS LITERATURE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION -- LOWLAND SCOTS: AN AMBIVALENT NATIONAL TONGUEa -- THE CONCEPT OF STANDARD SCOTSa -- THE DEBATE ON SCOTS ORTHOGRAPHYa -- SCOTTIS, INGLIS, SUDDROUN: LANGUAGE LABELS AND LANGUAGE ATTITUDESa -- THE PINKERTON SYNDROMEa -- WHAT SCOTS OWES TO GAELICa -- SCOTS IN DIALOGUE: SOME USES AND IMPLICATIONSa -- LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISATION IN ROB ROYa -- LANGUAGE VARIETIES IN THE THREE PERILS OF MANa -- LANGUAGE VARIETIES IN THE THREE PERILS OF MANa -- SCOTS AND ENGLISH IN ANNALS OF THE PARISH AND THE PROVOSTa -- THE LANGUAGE OF THE ENTAILa -- LANGUAGE AND GENRE IN ALLAN RAMSAY'S 1721 POEMSa -- SCOTS AND ITS USE IN RECENT POETRYa -- THE SYNTHESISERS OF SCOTSa -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I. Primary Literature. -- II. Linguistic and Literary Studies. -- INDEX OF NAMES -- GENERAL INDEX.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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