The Edinburgh history of the Scots language /
Saved in:
| Other Authors / Creators: | Jones, Charles, 1939- |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1997. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | This is the first full scale attempt to record the diachronic development of this important English language variety and includes extensive essays by some of the foremost international scholars of the Scots language. The book attempts to provide a detailed and technical description of the syntax, phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the language in two main periods: the beginnings to 1700 and from 1700 to the present day. The language's geographical variation both in the past and at the present time are fully documented and the sociolinguistic forces which lie behind linguistic innovation and its transmission provide a principal theme running through the book. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 690 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-669) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585086834 1474410979 1474469639 9780585086835 9781474410977 9781474469630 |