The Edinburgh Companion to ScotsJohn Corbett, J. Derrick McClure, Jane Stuart-Smith The Edinburgh Companion to Scots is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language. The aim of the volume is to explain and illustrate methods of research into Scots and Scottish English. Topics include the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of contemporary speech in Scotland, and the investigation of Older Scots written texts. There is further coverage of issues such as modern literary Scots, language planning, placenames and personal names, and the development of Scots overseas. Each chapter gives a brief overview of the topic, and provides case studies to illustrate avenues of exploration for those beginning to develop research techniques. The book is designed as an accessible introduction to key issues and methods of investigation for undergraduate students interested in the way language has developed in Scotland. |
Contents
Scottish Placenames | 17 |
Scottish Surnames | 31 |
Studying Scots Vocabulary | 50 |
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Aberdeen Aitken alternation analysis anglicisation areas Broad Scots Central Scots century chapter common consonant context corpora corpus cultural derive dialect Dictionary discourse distinctive Dumfries and Galloway early Edinburgh England example Fife Figure Gaelic genre Glaswegian grammar HCOS historical hypocoristic hypocoristic form instance Lallans language planning lexical lexis linguistic literary literature Lowland Macafee Macaulay Meurman-Solin Middle Scots Modern Scots names Nicolaisen Norse Northern noun occur Old English Older Scots Orkney P-Celtic participle patterns phonetic environment phonological phrase poem poetry poets postvocalic prepausal pronoun pronunciation realisation recorded reference regional relative clauses Scotland Scots Language Scottish English Scottish Place-Name Scottish Standard English Shetland social sociolinguistic spelling spoken spontaneous speech surnames syllables T-glottalling texts top hundred traditional Ulster Scots unstressed Urban Scots variables variants variety verb vocabulary Vowel Western Isles working-class speakers writing written