{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-scots-language-paperback","title":"A History of the Scots Language - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert McColl Millar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a thorough yet approachable history of the Scots language, a close relative of Standard English with around 1.5 million speakers in Scotland and several thousand in Ireland, according to the 2011 census. Despite the long history of Scots as a language of high literature, it has been somewhat neglected and has often been treated as a dialect of Standard English. In this book, Robert McColl Millar explores both sociolinguistic and structural developments in the history of Scots, bringing together these two threads of analysis to offer a better understanding of linguistic change. The first half of the book tracks the development of Scots from its beginnings to the modern period, while chapters in the second half offer detailed descriptions of Scots historical phonology and morphosyntax, and of the historical development of Scots lexis. \u003cem\u003eA History of the Scots Language\u003c\/em\u003e will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of the modern and historical Scots language, but will also be of interest to those studying the history of English and other Germanic languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert McColl Millar, \u003cem\u003eProfessor in Linguistics and Scots Language, University of Aberdeen\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert McColl Millar is Professor in Linguistics and Scots Language at the University of Aberdeen. His particular interests lie in the present use and history of Scots, in social dialectology and in the effects of language contact. His books include \u003cem\u003eNorthern and Insular Scots\u003c\/em\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2007), \u003cem\u003eModern Scots: An Analytical Survey\u003c\/em\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and \u003cem\u003eA Sociolinguistic History of Scotland\u003c\/em\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2020).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.4 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461725667506,"sku":"9780198864004","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/260cda683e38b7ac67ca6b8bf378410a.webp?v=1778954106","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-history-of-the-scots-language-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}