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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: history of the Scots language
  name:
    name part: Millar, Robert McColl
    name part: 1966-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: History
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2023
    copyright date: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps
  abstract: "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.
  table of contents: 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
  table of contents: 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
  table of contents: 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'
  table of contents: 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
  table of contents: 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?
  note: Robert McColl Millar.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Scots language
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Écossais (Dialecte)
    topic: Histoire
  subject:
    topic: Linguistics
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
  subject:
    topic: Sociolinguistics
  subject:
    topic: Syntax
  subject:
    topic: Phonetics & Phonology
  subject:
    topic: Scots language
  subject:
    topic: Language teaching & learning
  subject:
    topic: Language
  classification: PE2102 .M55 2023
  classification: 427.9411
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    identifier: (DLC) 2023934283
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    record content source: EBLCP
    record creation date: 230902
    record change date: 20260318165924.2
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng