Glasgow / Caroline Macafee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macafee, Caroline.

Series:

Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; 3.

Varieties of English around the world. Text series, 0175-7362 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots language--Dialects--Scotland--Glasgow.

Scots language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Glasgow 'toonheid vernacular' is certainly the most vital and widespread - if least prestigious - form of present-day Scots. No comprehensive description has existed so far, Macauley's sociolinguistic research having barely scratched the surface. Caroline Macafee's long introduction to the emergence and present distribution of the variety is not only a memorable feat in itself, it is also closely related to the 73 texts, which include a substantial portion of natural speech and an impressive array of naturalistic and stereotyped language as used in poetry, drama and literary prose.

Contents:

GLASGOW; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of contents; SYMBOLS AND CONVENTIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1.0 Overview; 1.1 Scotland as a peripheral region; 1.2 Early history; 1.3 The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; 1.4 The nineteenth century; 1.5 The twentieth century; 1.7 Housing and the community8; 1.8 Code-switching; 1.8.1 The politeness model; 1.8.2 Politeness and dialect; 1.8.3 Code-switching in practice; 1.9 Working class consciousness; 1.10 Social mobility; 1.11 The dominant ideology; 1.12 . Glasgow dialect literature; THE ENGLISH OF GLASGOW

2.0 Overview 2.1. Phonology; 2.1.1 Consonants; 2.1.2 Vowels; 2.1.3 Suprasegmentals; 2.1.4 Lexical incidence; 2.2 Orthography; 2.3 Lexis; 2.3.1 Scots dialect lexis; 2.3.2 Glasgow as a focal area; 2.3.3 Slang; 2.3.4 Word creation; 2.3.5 Swearing; 2.3.6 American influence; 2.3.7 The gravity model; 2.4 Grammar; 2.4.0 Scots grammar; 2.4.1 Sentence processes; 2.4.2 The verb phrase; 2.4.3 The noun phrase; 2.4.4 Modification; 2.4.5 Other points; NATURAL SPEECH; 3.0 The texts; 3.1 Public speech, Jimmy Reid; 3.1.1 Trade union campaign; 3.1.2 Election campaign; 3.2 University lecture

3.3 Interview, L. G.3.4 Interview, W. E.; 3.5 Conversation, Mrs. P.; 3.6 Interview, A. G.; 3.7 Interviews, Radio Scotland; 3.8 Classroom discussion; 3.9 Conversations, Radio Clyde; 3.9.1 Tiger Tim and Billy Sloane; 3.9.2 Tiger Tim and Doreen; 3.9.3 Tiger Tim and Jimmy D.; 3.9.4 Tiger Tim and Maggie; 3.10 Comic narrative, Billy Connolly; STEREOTYPES; 4.0 Stereotypes; 4.1 Will Fyffe; 4.2 Stanley Baxter; 4.2.1 ""The Professor""; 4.2.2 ""Parliamo Glasgow""; 4.2.3""Parliamo Glasgow"" song; 4.3 Rikki Fulton; 4.4 Advertisements, Radio Clyde; 4.4.1 Roadrunner Motorcycle; 4.4.2 Masterfreeze

4.5 The English press LITERATURE; 5.0 The texts; 5.1 Varieties related to Glasgow English; 5.1.1 George Douglas Brown, The House with the Green Shutters; 5.1.2 Tom Leonard, If Only Bunty was Here; 5.1.3 ""Hot Asphalt""; 5.2 The novel and short story; 5.2.1 J. J. Bell, Wee Macgreegor; 5.2.2 McArthur and Long, No Mean City; 5.2.3 Helen Pryde, 'The McFlannels'; 5.2.4 William Mcllvanney, Laidlaw; 5.2.5 Alan Spence, Its Colours they are Fine; 5.2.6 James Kelman, ""Nice tae be nice""; 5.2.7 Alex Hamilton, ""Stretch Marks""; 5.2.8 Tom Leonard, ""Mr. Endrews speaks""

5.2.9 Alex Hamilton, ""Our Merry"" 5.2.10 James Kelman, ""Acid""; 5.3 Drama; 5.3.2 Roddy McMillan, The Bevellers; 5.3.3 Tom McGrath and Jimmy Boyle, The Hard Man; 5.3.4 John McGrath, The Game's a Bogey; 5.4 Poetry and song; 5.4.1 Children's songs and jingles; 5.4.2 Edith Little, ""The Barrows""; 5.4.3 Adam McNaughton, ""Skyscraper Wean""; 5.4.4 Ian Hamilton Finiay, Glasgow Beasts; 5.4.5 Stephen Mul?ine, ""Nostalgie""; 5.4.6 Stephen Mulrine, ""the weeber bird""; 5.4.7 Tom Leonard, ""Unrelated Incidents (2)""; 5.4.8 Tom Leonard, ""The Dropout""; 5.4.9 Edwin Morgan, ""Stobhill""; 5.4.10 Alex Hamilton, ""Poor Tom""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35942-1

9786613359421

90-272-8022-3

OCLC:

769342307