The Scots dialect dictionary
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At one time, Scots was the standard language of Northern Britain - a language used in every way: from court and university, diplomacy and great poetry, to the banter of the marketplace. The Union of the Crowns in 1603, the departure of the royal court to London and the Union of the Parliaments in 1707, were the beginning of the end of the use of Scots as our national language and the beginning of the ascension of Southern English. For some three hundred years Scots was increasingly disused and the language denied a spoken and written standard and the status of being a prestigious form of speech. Scots, as it is now, exists only as dialectal variations particular to certain areas. Although its use as a language is no longer widespread, Scots words, expressions and pronunciation still give a distinctive identity to the English spoken in Scotland today. Alexander Warracks Scots Dialect Dictionary is a unique and very personal work, recording the variety of pronunciations, spellings and usages of a language which developed alongside English.
Main title:
The Scots dialect dictionary / compiled by Alexander Warrack.
Author:
Imprint:
New Lanark : Waverley, 2000.
Collation:
671p 21 cm.
ISBN:
19024070919781902407098
Dewey class:
427.9427.941103427.9411427427.94
Local class:
427.9411REF 427427L.427.941
Language:
English
BRN:
434629