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Northern and insular Scots /
The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Dialects of English.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have encouraged the equation of speech with local identity. They have all also been affected by contact with Gaelic, or Norse, or both. In recent years, however, the decline of traditional industries has been matched by the discovery of oil off their coasts, encouraging in-migration of speakers of many varieties of English and other languages. How well have these varieties maintained their traditional natures at the start of the 21st century? Northern and Insular Scots provides: *An approachable description of the phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties*A history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are spoken*Examples of the language of native speakers*An annotated bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised works. Northern and Insular Scots provides: An approachable description of the phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties A history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are spoken Examples of the language of native speakers An annotated bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised works. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 178 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-148) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748629961 0748629963 9780748651528 0748651527 0748623167 9780748623167 9786610762491 661076249X 1280762497 9781280762499 |