03324nam 2200625Ia 450 991081720500332120230504184126.01-283-09302-2978661309302890-272-8636-1(CKB)2550000000033115(EBL)680948(OCoLC)714568543(SSID)ssj0000530841(PQKBManifestationID)11339085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530841(PQKBWorkID)10569189(PQKB)11179873(MiAaPQ)EBC680948(Au-PeEL)EBL680948(CaPaEBR)ebr10464492(CaONFJC)MIL309302(EXLCZ)99255000000003311519850304d1985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFocus on Scotland /editor, Manfred GörlachAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,1985.1 online resource (241 pages) illustrationsVarieties of English around the world. General series,0017-7362 ;v. 5Description based upon print version of record.90-272-4863-X Includes bibliographies and index.Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Nationalism and the Scots Renaissance now; SCOTS AND LOW GERMAN: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF TWO MINORITY LANGUAGES; The rise and fall of the Morningside/Kelvinside accent; LINGUISTIC FIELDWORK IN A SCOTTISH NEW TOWN; Overt and covert prestige: Evaluative boundaries in the speech community; 'Knappin', 'Proper English', 'Modified Scottish' Some language attitudes in the Shetland Isles; The narrative skills of a Scottish coal miner; On the variability of Hebridean English syntax: the verbal group; Variation in Hebridean EnglishThe search for a Scots narrative voice; Our ain leid? The predicament of a Scots writer; The debate on Scots orthography; THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN SCOTS; Poetry in Glasgow dialect; INDEX; Authors' addresses; The series Varieties of English Around the WorldThis collection comprises 15 essays ranging from the social history of and attitudes towards Scots to the representation of Scottishness in literary language and to modern sociolinguistic work. The uniqueness of the historical and present-day linguistic situation in Scotland makes the volume of particular concern not only to Scotophiles, but also to linguists interested in bidialectalism, language planning, literary dialect, urban surveys, and language and education. The authors include linguistist Scotland, England, the United States, Scandinavia and Germany.Varieties of English around the world.General series ;5.Scots languageScots languageSocial aspectsScotlandScots languageVariationScots language.Scots languageSocial aspectsScots languageVariation.427/.9411Görlach Manfred403284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817205003321Focus on Scotland4077700UNINA