Scots : an Anglo-Saxon language
Devéria, Richard A. A.2020
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In this short essay, Richard Deveria shows that the Scots language is based on a conservative form of Old English, in which words and features have survived in Scots which have died out in modern English. The article was first published in the Peeblesshire News, 27th February 1998, and is reprinted with minor changes here.
Main title:
Scots : an Anglo-Saxon language / by Richard A. A. Devéria.
Author:
Devéria, Richard A. A., author
Imprint:
Aberfeldy : Capercailzie Publications, 2020.
Collation:
17 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Cover design: extract from the Minute of the Appointment between George and James Douglas, and Thomas Foulis, Edinburgh 20.12.1593. Extract from the Act anent the Mines, Edinburgh, January 1593. Taken from R. W. Cochran-Patrick, Early Records relating to Mining in Scotland, Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1878.
ISBN:
9780956376855
Local class:
427.941
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4206586