The Edinburgh companion to Scots

by Corbett, John McClure, J. Derrick Stuart-Smith, Jane

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As an accessible introduction to the key issues and methods of investigation of older and present-day Scots language, this volume will be of invaluable assistance to all students of the history of the language, its grammar, phonology, vocabulary and literature.

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Full title :The Edinburgh companion to Scots / edited by John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure and Jane Stuart-Smith.

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Publication Date:©2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2003.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 304 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

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ISBN:0748615962, 9780748615964
oclc:ocm59368703
LC Classification:PE2102
Dewey Decimal:427.9411

A brief history of Scots / John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure and Jane Stuart-Smith -- Scottish place-names / Margaret Scott -- Scottish surnames / Carole Hough -- Studying Scots vocabulary / Caroline Macafee -- Syntax and discourse in modern Scots / Jim Miller -- The phonology of modern urban Scots / Jane Stuart-Smith -- The phonology of older Scots / Caroline Macafee : incorporating material by the late A.J. Aitken -- Corpus-based study of older Scots grammar and lexis / Anneli Meurman-Solin -- The language of older Scots poetry / Jeremy J. Smith -- The language of modern Scots poetry / J. Derrick McClure -- The Scots language abroad / Michael Montgomery -- Language planning and modern Scots / John Corbett.