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Scots and its literature / J. Derrick McClure.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClure, J. Derrick.
- Series:
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; 14.
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scots language.
- Dialect literature, Scottish--History and criticism.
- Dialect literature, Scottish.
- Scotland--In literature.
- Scotland.
- Scotland--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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 ENTAILaLANGUAGE 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-210) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-35843-3
- 9786613358431
- 90-272-7605-6
- OCLC:
- 769342315
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