A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland

Robert McColl Millar

A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland

Linguistics

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Abstract

Presents a history which includes analyses from across the country including coverage of Gaelic, Scots, Pictish, British, Norn, Immigrant languages and Scottish Standard English.
Includes four case studies dealing with the birth of a dialect or variety: North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages	260
ISBN (Electronic)	9781474448574
ISBN (Print)	9781474448543
Publication status	Published - May 2020

Bibliographical note

This book is commissioned by Edinburgh University Press. It will be delivered to them in July 2019 and should be published in Spring 2020.

Keywords

Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Language
Scottish Standard English
Sociolinguistics

Robert Millar
- School of Language, Literature, Music & Visual Culture, Linguistics - Personal Chair
- School of Divinity, History & Philosophy, Centre for Scandinavian Studies
Person: Academic

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