03434nam 2200649 a 450 991045788020332120200520144314.01-283-35843-3978661335843190-272-7605-6(CKB)2550000000074895(EBL)811307(OCoLC)769342315(SSID)ssj0000827579(PQKBManifestationID)11442696(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827579(PQKBWorkID)10829806(PQKB)11565569(MiAaPQ)EBC811307(Au-PeEL)EBL811307(CaPaEBR)ebr10518045(CaONFJC)MIL335843(EXLCZ)99255000000007489519950920d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScots and its literature[electronic resource] /J. Derrick McClureAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub.c19951 online resource (224 p.)Varieties of English around the world. General series ;v. 14Description based upon print version of record.90-272-4872-9 1-55619-445-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-210) and indexes.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 PROVOSTaTHE 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 INDEXAmong 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.Varieties of English around the world.General series ;v. 14.Scots languageDialect literature, ScottishHistory and criticismScotlandIn literatureScotlandCivilizationElectronic books.Scots language.Dialect literature, ScottishHistory and criticism.427/.9411McClure J. Derrick865799MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457880203321Scots and its literature1932217UNINA