Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue - Volume 12 (War-Zurnbarrie)

Klappentext The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700, when the Scots language merged with standard English. It touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations accompanying every word and meaning it discusses. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society. This "Scots OED" is published in paper-bound parts (fascicles) and also as volumes, each containing several parts. Zusammenfassung The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, and social history

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: A. J. Dareau Aitken, Margaret G. Dareau, Margaret G. (Joint Council for the Diction Dareau
• Collaboration: A.J. Aitken (Editeur), Margaret G. Dareau (Editeur), Dareau Margaret G. (Editeur), K. Lorna Pike (Editeur), Lorna Pike (Editeur), Pike K. Lorna (Editeur), James A.C. Stevenson (Editeur), Harry D. Watson (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9780198605409
• ISBN: 978-0-19-860540-9
• Pages: 698
• Thèmes: Dictionary Old Scottish tongue; Dictionary Old Scottish tongue
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence > Dictionnaires de langues étrangères; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; English, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, Scotland, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, Grammar & vocabulary, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Slang & dialect humour, HUMOR / Topic / Language, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Dictionaries, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Slang and dialect humour, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary