The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language

This is the first full scale attempt to record the diachronic development of this important English language variety and includes extensive essays by some of the foremost international scholars of the Scots language. The book attempts to provide a detailed and technical description of the syntax, phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the language in two main periods: the beginnings to 1700 and from 1700 to the present day. The language's geographical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748607544
• ISBN13: 9780748607549
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher