Northern and insular Scots

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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.

Title Northern and insular Scots / Robert McColl Millar. [electronic resource]
Additional Titles Northern & Insular Scots
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Creation Date 2007
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-148) and index.
English
Content Phonetics and phonology -- Morphosyntax -- Lexis -- History, including changes in progress -- Survey of previous works and annotated bibliography -- Texts -- Shetland -- Orkney -- Caithness -- Black Isle -- Mid-northern B -- Mid-northern A -- South Northern.
Series Dialects of English
Extent 1 online resource (vii, 178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997010709703505171
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