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Spelling Scots : the orthography of literary Scots, 1700-2000 / Jennifer Bann and John Corbett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bann, Jennifer, author.
- Corbett, John, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scots language--Orthography and spelling.
- Scots language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- This book analyses the development of Modern Scots orthography and compares the spelling used in key works of literature, showing how canonical writers of poetry and fiction in Scots have blended convention and innovation in presenting Scots.
- Contents:
- Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; The IPA Chart ; 1 Introduction ; 2 The Consonants of Older Scots ; 3 Older Scots Vowels ; 4 The Development of Modern Scots Orthography ; 5 From Orthoepy to Activism: Orthographic Interventions ; 6 Cluster Analysis and Scots Orthography ; 7 Applying Cluster Analysis to Scots Poetry ; 8 Applying Cluster Analysis to Scots Prose ; 9 Promoting Literacy in Scots ; Appendix: Wordlists Used in Cluster Analyses ; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 15, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781474416085
- 147441608X
- 9780748696451
- 0748696458
- OCLC:
- 1301548193
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