Doric : the dialect of North-East Scotland

Doric : the dialect of North-East Scotland / J. Derrick McClure.

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 socia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClure, J. Derrick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2002.
Series:Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. T8.
Subjects:
Scots language > Dialects > Scotland > Grampian.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Scots language > Dialects
Engels.
Dialecten.
Scotland > Grampian
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Table of Contents:
  • The North-East: an overview
  • Demographic and linguistic history
  • Previous accounts of the dialect
  • Examples of recorded speech
  • Examples of written texts.

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