The Edinburgh companion to Scots / edited by John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure and Jane Stuart-Smith.
| Other author | Corbett, John, 1959- |
| Other author | McClure, J. Derrick. |
| Other author | Stuart-Smith, Jane, 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Companion to Scots |
| Contents | A brief history of Scots / John Corbett, J. Derrick McClure and Jane Stuart-Smith -- Scottish place-names / Margaret Scott -- Scottish surnames / Carole Hough -- Studying Scots vocabulary / Caroline Macafee -- Syntax and discourse in modern Scots / Jim Miller -- The phonology of modern urban Scots / Jane Stuart-Smith -- The phonology of older Scots / Caroline Macafee : incorporating material by the late A. J. Aitken -- Corpus-based study of older Scots grammar and lexis / Anneli Meurman-Solin -- The language of older Scots poetry / Jeremy J. Smith -- The language of modern Scots poetry / J. Derrick McClure -- The Scots language abroad / Michael Montgomery -- Language planning and modern Scots / John Corbett. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-296) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2003501132 |
| ISBN | 0748615962 (pbk.) |