A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland
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| Title: | A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland |
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| Description: | 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, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual ‘death'of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots. Immigrant languages are also discussed throughout the book. |
| Authors: | Robert McColl Millar |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Language and languages--Variation, Language planning--Scotland, Languages in contact--Scotland, Sociolinguistics--Scotland |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual ‘death'of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Scots. Immigrant languages are also discussed throughout the book. |
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| ISBN: | 9781474448543 9781474448567 9781474448574 |
