Focus On Scotland

Author : Manfred Görlach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027286361
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus on Scotland written by Manfred Görlach and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection comprises 15 essays ranging from the social history of and attitudes towards Scots to the representation of Scottishness in literary language and to modern sociolinguistic work. The uniqueness of the historical and present-day linguistic situation in Scotland makes the volume of particular concern not only to Scotophiles, but also to linguists interested in bidialectalism, language planning, literary dialect, urban surveys, and language and education. The authors include linguistist Scotland, England, the United States, Scandinavia and Germany.

Author : Alexander Pavlenko
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781536118544
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociolinguistic Parallels Across Europe written by Alexander Pavlenko and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Maule
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus on Scotland written by David Maule and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Butterworth-Heinemann Limited
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780862633271
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus on Scotland written by Butterworth-Heinemann Limited and published by . This book was released on 1991-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shahbaz Majeed
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445666227
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland in Photographs written by Shahbaz Majeed and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of images showcasing Scotland in all its glory.

Author : Christian Heritage
Publisher : Christian Heritage
ISBN 13 : 9781527103689
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land of the Book written by Christian Heritage and published by Christian Heritage. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 365 quotes from Scottish Christians Biblical truths for every day Covering over 400 years of faith

Author : Blain Neil Blain
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074869661X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland's Referendum and the Media written by Blain Neil Blain and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country in September 2014 - and following a momentous mobilisation of voters by both the Yes and No campaigns - Scotland's political environment has been fundamentally energised. But how was the Referendum campaign reported and structured in the media in Scotland, the wider United Kingdom, and in other parts of the world, and was it a matter of 'construction' rather than 'representation'?In this book scholars, commentators and journalists from Britain, Europe and beyond examine how the media across the world presented the debate itself and the shifting nature of Scottish - and British - identity which that debate revealed. Several of the contributors also explore how the emphases and constructions which were put on the debate in their particular countries illuminated these countries' own responses to nationalism and separatism.The consequences of the Referendum's No result are traced in the media through until the May general election of 2015.

Author : Neil Blain
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748631828
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media in Scotland written by Neil Blain and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together academics, writers and politicians to explore the range and nature of the media in Scotland. The book includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting and cinema, on the representation and construction of Scotland, the contemporary communications environment, and the languages used in the media. Other chapters consider television drama, soap opera, broadcast comedy, gender, the media and politics, race and ethnicity, gender, popular music, sport and new technology, the place of Gaelic, and current issues in screen fiction. Among the contributors are David Bruce, Myra Macdonald, Brian McNair, Hugh O'Donnell, Mike Russell, Philip Schlesinger and Brian Wilson.

Author : James Gracie
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0789324792
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spectacular Scotland written by James Gracie and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breathtaking photography captures the soul and passion of this spectacular land of bagpipes, heather, thistle, and tartans. This enchanting collection of images celebrates Scotland’s world-famous vistas—the lofty highlands, placid lochs, and misty glens, the picturesque villages, the vibrant cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, the ancient castles, the breathtaking pastoral scenes, as well as the people who take pride in it all. An outstanding gift or souvenir, Spectacular Scotland brings the best of this wonderful country into sharp focus. This is a magnificent collection of 150 color photographs by some of Scotland’s best landscape photographers.

Author : Victoria Henshaw
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472514890
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750 written by Victoria Henshaw and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wholesale assimilation of Scots into the British Army is largely associated with the recruitment of Highlanders during and after the Seven Years War. This important new study demonstrates that the assimilation of Lowland and Highland Scots into the British Army was a salient feature of its history in the first half of the 18th century and was already well advanced by the outbreak of the Seven Years War. Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750 analyses the wider policing functions of the British Army, the role of Scotland's militia and the development of Scotland's military roads and institutions to provide a fuller understanding of the purpose and complexity of Scotland's military organisation and presence in Scotland in the turbulent decades between the Glorious Revolution and the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie, which has been too often simplified as an army of occupation for the suppression of Jacobitism. Instead, Victoria Henshaw reveals the complexities and difficulties experienced by Scottish soldiers of all ranks in the British Army as nationality, loyalty and prejudice clouded Scottish desires to use military service to defend the Glorious Revolution and the Union of 1707.