The Edinburgh Companion to Scots / / Jane Stuart-Smith, John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Corbett, John,; McClure, J. Derrick,; Stuart-Smith, Jane,
• MitwirkendeR: Corbett, John,; Hough, Carole,; Macafee, Caroline,; McClure, J. Derrick,; Meurman-Solin, Anneli,; Miller, Jim,; Montgomery, Michael,; Scott, Margaret,; Smith, Jeremy J.,; Stuart-Smith, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The Edinburgh Companion to Scots is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language. The aim of the volume is to explain and illustrate methods of research into Scots and Scottish English. Topics include the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of contemporary spee...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Figures and Tables
• The International Phonetic Alphabet
• Chapter 1 A Brief History of Scot
• Chapter 2 Scottish Place-names
• Chapter 3 Scottish Surnames
• Chapter 4 Studying Scots Vocabulary
• Chapter 5 Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots
• Chapter 6 The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots
• Chapter 7 The Phonology of Older Scots
• Chapter 8 Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis
• Chapter 9 The Language of Older Scots Poetry
• Chapter 10 The Language of Modern Scots Poetry
• Chapter 11 The Scots Language Abroad
• Chapter 12 Language Planning and Modern Scots
• Bibliography
• Index