Scots and its Literature
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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...
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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.
- Format:ebook
- Pages:224 pages
- Publication:1996
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
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- Language:eng
- ISBN10:1283358433
- ISBN13:9781283358439
- kindle Asin:1283358433
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