Author: Colville James
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ISBN: 9780259635611
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Languages : en
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Author: James Colville
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266468318
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Excerpt from Studies in Lowland Scots These Studies, as the title indicates, lay no claim to be a final or exhaustive treatment of the Scots vernacular in respect of its origin, character, and contents. They are the outcome of an early and sustained predilection for the subject, and testify to an interest in it not alone on its linguistic side, but also as illuminating the track of racial culture. The bulk of the matter has, from time to time, appeared in contributions to the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow and to the Glasgow Herald, to both of which I shall ever owe a debt of gratitude. Its appearance in its present form is due to the support and countenance of the Carnegie Trust, which is doing so much for original research that would otherwise remain little more than a personal hobby. It would be a scholarly and patriotic task to trace the historical development and decline of the Scots vernacular, and to base, on an analysis of its literary remains on the one hand and of its living usages on the other, a scientific statement of its morphology and phonology, and of its affinities and character istics. But I have contented myself with opening up, in independent fashion, suggestive lines of investigation, and with the recording of words and features now fast passing out of recognition. Within the peculiarly debatable sphere of the history of the words referred to, the interpretations offered are tentative and in no sense final. The text was first completed from my own point of view and resources, but I have taken the opportunity in the Glossary of checking all such statements, and frankly indicating any divergence these present from the conclusions of recognised authorities. It is hoped that the text will be read in the light of this annotated Glossary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: James Colville
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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Author: Alexander Pavlenko
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781536118544
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This book is devoted to comparisons of the linguistic situation established by English and Scots in Lowland Scotland, with situations observed in the East Slavic countries and constituted by pairs of closely cognate languages, i.e. Russian, on the one hand, and Ukrainian and Belarusian on the other. Such comparisons have become a popular approach in the field of Scots studies. The process of language change evolving along with social changes in Scotland is are studied. In this respect, East Slavic languages, which are closely cognate, provide abundant material for observation. It is their closeness manifested by mutual intelligibility as well as the closeness of their fortunes and the way they co-exist in today's Ukraine and Belarus that make East Slavic languages quite appropriate for comparisons with English and Scots in Lowland Scotland. The first five chapters of the book are devoted to just that. The focus is on some historical and sociolinguistic parallels between Scots and Ukrainian as well as Scots and Belarusian, and it compares the key stages and trends in their social history proceeding from the Middle Ages to the present day. For all the structural and functional dissimilarity and geographical remoteness of Scots and the mentioned Slavic languages, one can make interesting observations regarding their social development. A number of sociocultural factors are used to effect the development of the native languages in Scotland and in the East Slavic countries. Some of them are singled out and compared from a historical perspective. Three other chapters of the book deal with the sociocultural interaction between Scotland and Russia, focusing on the toponyms derived from Scottish personal names found in the territory of the former Russian Empire. As is known, Scotsmen constituted a considerable part of the Western immigrants in Russia, as they were active participants of all the major historical events in Europe. There is a number of toponyms of Western European origin in Russia, some of which date back to Scottish personal names. Such place-names constitute a humble, but noteworthy part of the Scottish legacy in Russia. Some of them luckily survived the Soviet Unions epoch and its passion for renaming. Quite surprisingly, this stratum of the Russian toponymy has never been systematically studied. Here, the author summarises some observations regarding the Russian place-names of direct and indirect Scottish origins, tracing back their history as well as the history of the families behind these names. A morphological analysis of the place-names is provided to reveal the word-building patterns involved. Finally, the author includes a short chapter dealing with a striking example of parallel lexical development in Shetland Norn and Old Russian resulting in two words, which are not necessarily immediately related, but are very close in form and meaning to one another. This peculiar instance of lexical likening can shed more light on the universally recognised etymologies. The topic of this chapter matches those of the previous ones in terms of geography, as the phenomena described in it also refer to Scotland and the East Slavic world. The abovementioned material has never been considered at this angle, and this is what makes this study new and topical.

Author: J. Derrick McClure
Publisher: Pergamon
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: John M. Kirk
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9401209901
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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The skillful use of the Scots language has long been a distinguishing feature of the literatures of Scotland. The essays in this volume make a major contribution to our understanding of the Scots language, past and present, and its written dissemination in poetry, fiction and drama, and in non-literary texts, such as personal letters. They cover aspects of the development of a national literature in the Scots language, and they also give due weight to its international dimension by focusing on translations into Scots from languages as diverse as Greek, Latin and Chinese, and by considering the spread of written Scots to Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Australia. Many of the essays respond to and extend the scholarship of J. Derrick McClure, whose considerable impact on Scottish literary and linguistic studies is surveyed and assessed in this volume.

Author: Silke Stroh
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810134047
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.

Author: Janet M. Templeton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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Author: Peter Aitchison
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 0857909673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163

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The forced removal of family farmers across the Scottish Lowlands in the 18th and 19th centuries is chronicled in this enlightening social history. The Scottish Agricultural Revolution came at great cost to the poor cottars and tenant farmers who were driven from their homes to make way for livestock and crops. The process of forced evictions through the Highlands known as the Highland Clearances is a well-documented episode of Scottish history. But the process actually began in the Scottish Lowlands nearly a century before—in the so-called Age of Improvement. Though largely overlook by historians, the Lowland Clearances undeniably shaped the Scottish landscape as it is today. They swept aside a traditional way of life, causing immense upheaval for rural dwellers, many of whom moved to the new towns and cities or left the country entirely. With pioneering research, historian Peter Aitchison tells the story of the Lowland Clearances, establishing them as a significant aspect of the Clearances that changed the face of Scotland forever.

Author: Alexander Fenton
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN:
Category : Languages in contact
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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