
Modern Scots
An Analytical Survey
Robert McColl Millar(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
90th Edition
Published on 28. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-4744-1687-0 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook overview of Modern Scots provides a description and analysis of the language covering lexical, phonological and structural patterns. It presents evidence for the diversity of the language through illustrations from newly collected fieldwork material. Frequent, detailed analysis of local variation is combined with a central focus is on the overall patterning of Scots. McColl Millar also examines the present and future of Scots, considering both its use in literature and other media and ongoing language policy and planning.
A dedicated chapter introduces the reader to the various research methods and available resources - including corpora, atlases and dictionaries - and provides guidance on how to use them effectively. Each chapter concludes with a series of exercises to complete and issues to discuss, encouraging active engagement and development of skill and knowledge in relation to the subject matter. This textbook offers a practical and engaging survey of Modern Scots making this an essential resource, aptly structured for use on Modern Scots and modern varieties of English modules.
A dedicated chapter introduces the reader to the various research methods and available resources - including corpora, atlases and dictionaries - and provides guidance on how to use them effectively. Each chapter concludes with a series of exercises to complete and issues to discuss, encouraging active engagement and development of skill and knowledge in relation to the subject matter. This textbook offers a practical and engaging survey of Modern Scots making this an essential resource, aptly structured for use on Modern Scots and modern varieties of English modules.
Reviews / Votes
This book offers a fascinating, carefully-developed and thought-provoking account of Scots and its uses by a leading authority on the subject. It is at points quite demanding, yet clearly the work of an excellent teacher who can make complex ideas comprehensible. It draws upon a lifetime of work in the field, and in a number of places - a rather special and in my view valuable feature - on the author's own personal experience. I recommend it without hesitation. -- Professor Jeremy Smith, University of GlasgowMore details
Series
Edition
90,000 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
329 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-1687-0 (9781474416870)
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Person
Robert McColl Millar is Reader in Linguistics in the School of Language & Literature at the University of Aberdeen. His books include Northern and Insular Scots (2007), Authority and Identity. A Sociolinguistic History of Europe before the Modern Age (2010) and English Historical Sociolinguistics (2012).
Content
Some preliminaries
Chapter 1: Scots: languages and cultures, peoples and lands
Chapter 2: Resources
Chapter 3: Phonology
Chapter 4: Lexis
Chapter 5: Structure: the Grammar of Modern Scots
Chapter 6: Scots used creatively: literature and beyond
Chapter 7: Chapter 7: The Sociolinguistics of Scots
Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Scots: a once and future language?
References
Chapter 1: Scots: languages and cultures, peoples and lands
Chapter 2: Resources
Chapter 3: Phonology
Chapter 4: Lexis
Chapter 5: Structure: the Grammar of Modern Scots
Chapter 6: Scots used creatively: literature and beyond
Chapter 7: Chapter 7: The Sociolinguistics of Scots
Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Scots: a once and future language?
References