Robert 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,... Læs mere
Provides students with a more profound understanding of the sociolinguistic forces which initiate or encourage language change.
The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of ‘English’. Northern and Insular Scots provides an approachable... Læs mere
This book considers various theoretical and methodological issues in relation to a representative sample of fishing communities along Scotland’s east coast. Can the lexical variation and change found in these communities be perceived as primary evidence for dialect death?