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"This book provides both a sociolinguistic and a linguistic history of the Scots language, spoken both in Scotland and Ulster. It provides this material in two ways, reflecting both the historical, political, and economic forces which affected the status and use of Scots and the linguistic developments through which, like all languages, Scots has passed. Chapters 1 and 2 act as introductions, the first attempting to provide an analysis of what Scots is, in particular in relation to Standard English. The second chapter discusses the Indo-European background of Scots, while also discussing the linguistic ecology of what is now Scotland before Anglian dialects were introduced in the post-Roman period. Chapters 3 and 4 describe the sociolinguistic factors which have influenced the development of the language. Chapter 3 discusses the ‘rise' of the language to being the de facto official language of Scotland; Chapter 4 considers its ‘fall', analysing the social, economic, and political forces which led to its dialectalization under English. The formation of Scottish Standard English is also discussed in depth. Chapters 5, 6, and 7 analyse system-internal change in, respectively, the phonological, morphosyntactic, and lexical systems of Scotland. While a coherent narrative is maintained throughout, dialect-based development and change is given prominence. Chapter 8 provides a brief summary of what has been covered in the book, while at the same time suggesting future research projects which might prove productive"--Publisher's description.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables -- 1 What is Scots? -- 1.1 The daily linguistic 'commute' -- 1.2 Attitudes and history -- 1.3 An interpretation of its nature -- 1.4 The sociology of language -- 1.4.1 What do we mean by language? -- 1.4.2 Ausbau revisited: Standardization -- 1.4.3 Is an adequate sociolinguistic definition for Scots possible? -- 1.5 The dialects of Scots -- 1.6 Historical periodization -- 1.7 The ecology -- 1.7.1 Northern Isles -- 1.7.2 Ulster -- 1.7.3 Urban and rural -- 1.8 The book to come
2 Historical and linguistic backgrounds: The Germanic languages, Old English, and the pre-Scots period -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Languages in prehistory -- 2.3 Indo-European and its descendants -- 2.3.1 The Germanic languages -- 2.4 Old English dialects -- 2.5 Middle English dialects -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 'Rise': Scots in the Medieval and Early Modern periods -- 3.1 Scotland before Scots -- 3.2 Bernicia -- 3.3 A united kingdom -- 3.3.1 Gaelic and the Church -- 3.4 The creation and spread of Inglis -- 3.5 Formation of Inglis -- 3.6 The Wars of Independence and their aftermath
3.6.1 Scots and Gaelic in long-term cohabitation: The development of the Northern dialects -- 3.6.1.1 The Gaelic 'fringe' and the development of Scots: An excursus -- 3.7 Growth of writing in Inglis -- 3.8 The literary road: The apex of Scottis -- 3.8.1 Scottis -- 3.9 Standardization and lexical change -- 3.10 Conclusion -- 4 Scots in decline? The Modern Age -- 4.1 'Decline and fall'? -- 4.2 Sixteenth-century crisis -- 4.3 Union -- 4.4 Anglicization of writing -- 4.5 'Improvement' and Anglicization in writing and speech -- 4.6 'Vernacular Revival'
4.7 The middle classes and language use in the eighteenth century -- 4.8 Scottish Standard English -- 4.8.1 Language attitudes and the rise of Scottish Standard English -- 4.9 A dialectalized language in an urbanized country -- 4.10 Urban Scots -- 4.11 Scotland: Language in the twentieth century -- 4.11.1 Lessening of speaker numbers -- 4.11.2 Literary use -- 4.11.3 Language activism -- 4.12 Downfall? -- 4.12.1 A `between language': Homogenization within colloquial English? -- 4.13 Scots in Ulster -- 4.14 Conclusion -- 5 Historical phonology of Scots
5.1 Introduction: How possible is it to produce a coherent historical phonology for Scots? -- 5.2 Problems of interpretation -- resources to aid comprehension -- 5.2.1 Problems with comparing Scots and English historical phonology -- 5.2.2 Lexical sets -- 5.2.2.1 Competing systems?: Aitken vs Johnston-Millar -- 5.3 Historical changes best described as unitary processes -- 5.3.1 The Scottish Vowel Length Rule -- 5.3.2 Great Vowel Shift(s) -- 5.4 Scots vowels: An historical description -- 5.4.1 How far back should we trace the history of Scots phonology as an independent entity?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]