A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland / / Robert McColl Millar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Millar, Robert McColl,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations

The first sociolinguistic history of all languages spoken in ScotlandPresents a history which includes analyses from across the country including coverage of Gaelic, Scots, Pictish, British, Norn, Immigrant languages and Scottish Standard EnglishIncludes four case studies dealing with the birth of a dialect or variety: North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots Appeals across specialisms, clearly explaining sociolinguistic terminology and requiring no knowledge of Scottish language other than Standard EnglishRobert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual ‘death’ of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots. Immigrant languages are also discussed throughout the book.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SOME PRELIMINARIES -- 1 INTRODUCTION: THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE AND THE SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ECOLOGY -- 2 DIVERSITY: THE EARLY HISTORICAL PERIOD -- 3 INCIPIENT LINGUISTIC HOMOGENISATION: MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND -- 4 SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL METAMORPHOSIS: A COUNTRY IN CRISIS? -- 5 HOMOGENISATION AND SURVIVAL: THE LANGUAGES OF SCOTLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- 6 EXPANSION WITHIN UNION: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- 7 CONTRACTION AND DISSIPATION: TWENTIETH CENTURY -- 8 CONTEMPORARY SCOTLAND AND ITS LANGUAGES, 1999 -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX