Lexical variation and attrition in the Scottish fishing communities / Robert McColl Millar, William Barras and Lisa Marie Bonnici.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millar, Robert McColl, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots language--Dialects--Scotland, North East.

Scots language.

Scots language--Dialects.

Physical Description:

v, 194 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]

Summary:

The modern age has not been kind to traditional dialects. While local pronunciations and structures survive relatively well, native vocabulary is disappearing, to be replaced by words and phrases from the standard or, more often, broadly based vernaculars. This is particularly the case with dialects associated with a disappearing way of life. Lexical Variation and Attrition in the Scottish Fishing Communities discusses these changes in relation to the previously highly distinctive dialects associated with the fishing communities of Scotland's east coast. It demonstrates how vocabulary use varies and changes; in particular how words are lost in the face of great social change. Particular emphasis is given to the linguistic behaviour of women throughout the communities, generational factors and what heritage concerns mean linguistically. Using methodologies derived from both sociolinguistics and dialectology, the authors present an engaging and thought-provoking case study for advanced students, researchers and scholars in language and linguistics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Language attrition and lexical variation and change 1

2 The history and culture of the Scottish fishing communities 16

3 Methodology 34

4 Analysis of the data 65

5 Conclusions 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.

ISBN:

9780748691777

0748691774

OCLC:

876680612