Author: J. Derrick McClure
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027247179
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and social context, discusses in some detail a selection of previous accounts of its distinctive characteristics of phonology and grammar, showing that its shibboleths have been well recognised, and have remained consistent, over a long period. Passages of recorded speech are then examined, with extensive use of phonetic transcription. Finally, a representative selection of written texts, dating from the eighteenth century to the present and illustrating a wide variety of styles and genres, are presented with detailed annotations. A full glossary is also included. This study clearly demonstrates both the individuality of the dialect and the richness of the local culture of which it is an integral part.
Doric
Author: J. Derrick McClure
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027247179
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and social context, discusses in some detail a selection of previous accounts of its distinctive characteristics of phonology and grammar, showing that its shibboleths have been well recognised, and have remained consistent, over a long period. Passages of recorded speech are then examined, with extensive use of phonetic transcription. Finally, a representative selection of written texts, dating from the eighteenth century to the present and illustrating a wide variety of styles and genres, are presented with detailed annotations. A full glossary is also included. This study clearly demonstrates both the individuality of the dialect and the richness of the local culture of which it is an integral part.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027247179
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and social context, discusses in some detail a selection of previous accounts of its distinctive characteristics of phonology and grammar, showing that its shibboleths have been well recognised, and have remained consistent, over a long period. Passages of recorded speech are then examined, with extensive use of phonetic transcription. Finally, a representative selection of written texts, dating from the eighteenth century to the present and illustrating a wide variety of styles and genres, are presented with detailed annotations. A full glossary is also included. This study clearly demonstrates both the individuality of the dialect and the richness of the local culture of which it is an integral part.
Place names in much of north-east Scotland
Author: Adam Watson
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782220690
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
A study of Celtic, Scots and English place names across large sections of north-east Scotland, based on interviews with indigenous residents working the land and the sea, along with historical sources and maps.
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782220690
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
A study of Celtic, Scots and English place names across large sections of north-east Scotland, based on interviews with indigenous residents working the land and the sea, along with historical sources and maps.
Farm Life in Northeast Scotland 1840-1914
Author: Ian Carter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780859764575
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780859764575
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland
Author: Walter Gregor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Emigration from North-east Scotland
Author: Marjory Harper
Publisher: [Aberdeen] : Aberdeen University Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: [Aberdeen] : Aberdeen University Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Territorial Soldiering in the North-east of Scotland During 1759-1814
Author: John Malcolm Bulloch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeenshire
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeenshire
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Legends of North-East Scotland
Farm Life in Northeast Scotland, 1840-1914
Author: Ian Carter
Publisher: Edinburgh : Donald
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Includes Nairn.
Publisher: Edinburgh : Donald
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Includes Nairn.
The Late Medieval Landscape of North-east Scotland
Author: Colin Shepherd
Publisher: Windgather Press
ISBN: 1914427076
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The landscape of the north-east of Scotland ranges from wild mountains to undulating farmlands; from cosy, quaint fishing coves to long, sandy bays. This landscape witnessed the death of MacBeth, the final stand of the Comyns earls of Buchan against Robert the Bruce and the last victory, in Britain, of a catholic army at Glenlivet. But behind these momentous battles lie the quieter histories of ordinary folk farming the land - and supping their local malts. Colin Shepherd paints a picture of rural life within the landscapes of the north-east between the 13th and 18th centuries by using documentary, cartographic and archaeological evidence. He shows how the landscape was ordered by topographic and environmental constraints that resulted in great variation across the region and considers the evidence for the way late medieval lifestyles developed and blended sustainably within their environments to create a patchwork of cultural and agricultural diversity. However, these socio-economic developments subsequently led to a breakdown of this structure, resulting in what Adam Smith, in the 18th century, described as 'oppression'. The 12th-century Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and the Industrial Revolution are used here to define a framework for considering the cultural changes that affected this region of Scotland. These include the dispossession of rights to land ownership that continue to haunt policy makers in the Scottish government today. While the story also shows how a regional cultural divergence, recognized here, can undermine 'big theories' of socio-political change when viewed across the wider stage of Europe and the Americas.
Publisher: Windgather Press
ISBN: 1914427076
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The landscape of the north-east of Scotland ranges from wild mountains to undulating farmlands; from cosy, quaint fishing coves to long, sandy bays. This landscape witnessed the death of MacBeth, the final stand of the Comyns earls of Buchan against Robert the Bruce and the last victory, in Britain, of a catholic army at Glenlivet. But behind these momentous battles lie the quieter histories of ordinary folk farming the land - and supping their local malts. Colin Shepherd paints a picture of rural life within the landscapes of the north-east between the 13th and 18th centuries by using documentary, cartographic and archaeological evidence. He shows how the landscape was ordered by topographic and environmental constraints that resulted in great variation across the region and considers the evidence for the way late medieval lifestyles developed and blended sustainably within their environments to create a patchwork of cultural and agricultural diversity. However, these socio-economic developments subsequently led to a breakdown of this structure, resulting in what Adam Smith, in the 18th century, described as 'oppression'. The 12th-century Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation and the Industrial Revolution are used here to define a framework for considering the cultural changes that affected this region of Scotland. These include the dispossession of rights to land ownership that continue to haunt policy makers in the Scottish government today. While the story also shows how a regional cultural divergence, recognized here, can undermine 'big theories' of socio-political change when viewed across the wider stage of Europe and the Americas.
North East Scotland at War
Author: Alan Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527215689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781527215689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description