Spelling Scots
Title | Spelling Scots PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Bann |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2015-10-31 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1474408397 |
This book analyses the development of Modern Scots orthography and compares the spelling used in key works of literature, showing how canonical writers of poetry and fiction in Scots have blended convention and innovation in presenting Scots.
A Scots Grammar
Title | A Scots Grammar PDF eBook |
Author | David Purves |
Publisher | The Saltire Society |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Scots language |
ISBN | 9780854110797 |
Purves presents Scots as a separate language in its own right, resisting the often prevalent notion that Scots is merely a dialect of English, and gives a coherent overview of the distinctive grammatical and idiomatic usage of Scots.
Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth: Volume 10, Stra-3ere
Title | Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth: Volume 10, Stra-3ere PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret G. Dareau |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001-12-20 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780198605423 |
The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, and social history.
The Essential Scots Dictionary
Title | The Essential Scots Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Iseabail Macleod |
Publisher | |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
This two-way dictionary (Scots-English/English-Scots) provides: * Modern Scots, with some literary words likely to be met in stories or poems* Notes on how to get the most out of your dictionary* Grammar notes and verb lists* Spelling guidance* Help with pronunciation* A brief history of the Scots languageIt can also be used for encouraging the use of Scots in schools and to provide support in the classroom. A useful compact reference book for anyone requiring information on Scots."
Concise English-Scots Dictionary
Title | Concise English-Scots Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Iseabail Macleod |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781902930046 |
This comprehensive dictionary of words and phrases is for all who want to use the Scots language.
A Scot's Dialect Dictionary
Title | A Scot's Dialect Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | William Grant |
Publisher | Dalcassian Publishing Company |
Pages | 741 |
Release | 1911-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Scot's dialect dictionary, comprising the words in use from the latter part of the seventeenth century to the present day
Written in the Language of the Scottish Nation
Title | Written in the Language of the Scottish Nation PDF eBook |
Author | John Corbett |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781853594311 |
This text is a survey of Scots literary translations from the 15th to the 20th century. It argues that translation has played a central role in the development of literature in Scots, lending authority to the vernacular and extending the stylistic range open to writers in Scots.