| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Varieties of English around the world, Text series,
0172-7362 ;
v. T8
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Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. T8.
0172-7362
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index. |
| Contents |
The North-East: an overview -- Demographic and linguistic history -- Previous accounts of the dialect -- Examples of recorded speech -- Examples of written texts. |
| Summary |
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 u. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Scots language -- Dialects -- Scotland -- Grampian.
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Scots language -- Dialects. |
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Scotland -- Grampian. |
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Scots language. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McClure, J. Derrick. Doric. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2002 (DLC) 2001056475 |
| ISBN |
9789027297174 (electronic book) |
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9027297177 (electronic book) |
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9789027247179 (Eur ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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902724717X (Eur ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588111302 (US ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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158811130X (US ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1282161695 |
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9781282161696 |
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902724717X (Eur ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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158811130X (US ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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