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Pages: 241
Authors: Christian Kay
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-31 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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This volume celebrates the completion of the monumental Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue.
Scots: Studies in its Literature and Language
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: John M. Kirk
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-01 - Publisher: Rodopi

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The skillful use of the Scots language has long been a distinguishing feature of the literatures of Scotland. The essays in this volume make a major contributio
James II
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Pages: 332
Authors: Christine McGladdery
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-06 - Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

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In this study of the reign of James II of Scotland, the king is viewed in the context of the Stewart monarchy, from his struggles to overcome his early adversit
An Introduction To Scottish Ethnology
Language: en
Pages: 641
Authors: Alexander Fenton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-06 - Publisher: Birlinn

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The publication of An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology sees the completion of the fourteen-volume Scottish Life and Society series, originally conceived by th
Spelling Scots
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Jennifer Bann
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-31 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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This book analyses the development of Modern Scots orthography and compares the spelling used in key works of literature, showing how canonical writers of poetr