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UNINA9910809186903321 |
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Autore |
Bann Jennifer |
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Titolo |
Spelling Scots : the orthography of literary Scots, 1700-2000 / / Jennifer Bann and John Corbett |
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Edinburgh, [Scotland] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-1608-X |
0-7486-9645-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scots language - Orthography and spelling |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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