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Spelling Scots : The Orthography of Literary Scots, 1700-2000.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (182 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780748696451
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spelling ScotsDDC classification:
  • 427.94110000000001
LOC classification:
  • PE2102 -- .B366 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The IPA Chart -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Consonants of Older Scots -- 3 Older Scots Vowels -- 4 The Development of Modern Scots Orthography -- 5 From Orthoepy to Activism: Orthographic Interventions -- 6 Cluster Analysis and Scots Orthography -- 7 Applying Cluster Analysis to Scots Poetry -- 8 Applying Cluster Analysis to Scots Prose -- 9 Promoting Literacy in Scots -- Appendix: Wordlists Used in Cluster Analyses -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book analyses the development of Modern Scots orthography and compares the spelling used in key works of literature, showing how canonical writers of poetry and fiction in Scots have blended convention and innovation in presenting Scots.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The IPA Chart -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Consonants of Older Scots -- 3 Older Scots Vowels -- 4 The Development of Modern Scots Orthography -- 5 From Orthoepy to Activism: Orthographic Interventions -- 6 Cluster Analysis and Scots Orthography -- 7 Applying Cluster Analysis to Scots Poetry -- 8 Applying Cluster Analysis to Scots Prose -- 9 Promoting Literacy in Scots -- Appendix: Wordlists Used in Cluster Analyses -- References -- Index.

This book analyses the development of Modern Scots orthography and compares the spelling used in key works of literature, showing how canonical writers of poetry and fiction in Scots have blended convention and innovation in presenting Scots.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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