Cargando…
Perspectives on the older Scottish tongue : a celebration of DOST /
This book celebrates the rich diversity of the Scots language and the culture it embodies. It marks two important events in Scots language scholarship: the completion of the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) in 2001 and the publication of its final volumes in 2002. The thirteen chapters...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2005.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface (Alasdair MacDonald); 1. DOST and the Literary Scholar (Priscilla Bawcutt); 2. The History and Development of DOST (Marace Dareau); 3. 'There is Nothing like a Good Gossip': Baptism, Kinship and Alliance in Early Modern Scotland (Jane Dawson); 4. 'Wyne Confortative': Wine in Scotland from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries (Alexander Fenton); 5. Law and Lexicography: The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and Late Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Shipping Law (A.D.M. Forte); 6. Cereal Terms in the DOST Record (Iseabail Macleod); 7. The Spread of a Word: Scail in Scots, and Sgaoil in Gaelic (Donald Meek); 8. Place Names as Evidence in the History of Scots (Bill Nicolaisen); 9. DOST and MED and the Virtues of Sibling Rivalry (Paul Schaffner); 10. Was It Murder? John Comyn of Badenoch and William, Earl of Douglas (W.H.D. Sellar); 11. Interpreting Scots Measurement Terms: A Cautionary Tale (A.D.C. Simpson); 12. The Use of the Scottish National Dictionaries in the Study of Traditional Building Construction (Bruce Walker); 13. DOST and LAOS
- A Caledonian Symbiosis? (Keith Williamson); Overview (William Gillies).