Scots and its literature / / J. Derrick McClure
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| Autore: |
McClure J. Derrick
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| Titolo: |
Scots and its literature / / J. Derrick McClure
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 427/.9411 |
| Soggetto topico: | Scots language |
| Dialect literature, Scottish - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Scotland In literature |
| Scotland Civilization | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-210) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 PROVOSTa |
| THE 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 INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Among 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Scots and its literature |
| ISBN: | 1-283-35843-3 |
| 9786613358431 | |
| 90-272-7605-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781526203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Varieties of English around the world. . -General series ; ; 14.