Northern and Insular Scots

Informationen zum Autor Robert McColl Millar Klappentext This book describes the phonological, structural, and lexical natures of the Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney, and Shetland which are among the most traditional varieties of "English"-are described along with an annotated bibliography. Zusammenfassung The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are among the most traditional varieties of ‘English’. Northern and Insular Scots provides an approachable description of the phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties and a history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are spoken.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert McColl Millar, Robert McColl (Reader in Linguistics Millar
• Con la collaborazione di: Joan Beal (Editore), Constantin V. Boundas (Editore), Patrick Honeybone (Editore), April Mcmahon (Editore)
• Editore: Edinburgh University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.01.2007
• EAN: 9780748623167
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-2316-7
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Dialects of English; Dialects of English
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata