Scottish Mandarin

Author : Shiona Airlie
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888139568
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Mandarin written by Shiona Airlie and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874–1938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love and family life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became Commissioner of the remote British leased territory of Weihai in northern China. He travelled widely and, during a break from colonial service, served as tutor and advisor to Puyi, the deposed emperor. As the only foreigner allowed to work in the Forbidden City, he wrote the classic account of the last days of the Qing Dynasty—Twilight in the Forbidden City. Granted unique access to Johnston's extensive personal papers, once thought to be lost, Shiona Airlie tells the life of a complex and sensitive character whose career made a deep impression on 20th-century China.

Author : Wendy Anderson
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 940120974X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language in Scotland written by Wendy Anderson and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this volume take as their focus aspects of three of the languages of Scotland: Scots, Scottish English, and Scottish Gaelic. They present linguistic research which has been made possible by new and developing corpora of these languages: this encompasses work on lexis and lexicogrammar, semantics, pragmatics, orthography, and punctuation. Throughout the volume, the findings of analysis are accompanied by discussion of the methodologies adopted, including issues of corpus design and representativeness, search possibilities, and the complementarity and interoperability of linguistic resources. Together, the chapters present the forefront of the research which is currently being directed towards the linguistics of the languages of Scotland, and point to an exciting future for research driven by ever more refined corpora and related language resources.

Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474437893
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Scots written by Tom M. Devine and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment

Author : Shiona Airlie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reginald Johnston written by Shiona Airlie and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Florence Bonacina-Pugh
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031557832
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Policy as Practice written by Florence Bonacina-Pugh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Language written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clive Young
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1804251062
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unlocking Scots written by Clive Young and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scots language is the hidden treasure of Scottish culture. For many of us it is still how we speak to each other, how we express our feelings, our humour, even our Scottishness. It not only connects us to our communities at an emotional level but also links us to our past. Scots was created by millions of voices coming together to share words, phrases and jokes; to understand, act on (and often laugh at) the world around them. Aye, but what exactly is 'Scots' anyway? Usually spoken in a mix with Scottish English, at least nowadays, is it really a language at all? Was it ever? And what about its future? Dr Clive Young embarks on a quest to learn about the secret life of the language he spoke as a bairn. Along the way, he encounters centuries of intense argument on the very nature of Scots, from the first dictionaries, through MacDiarmid, The Broons, Trainspotting and on to present-day Twitter rammies. (And of course, endless stushies about how to spell it.) Some still dismiss Scots as 'just' a dialect, slang or bad English. Behind this everyday disdain Dr Young uncovers a troubling history of official neglect and marginalisation of our unique minority language, offset only by a defiant and inspiring linguistic loyalty. A refreshing counterbalance to the usual gloomy prognosis of Scots' supposedly 'inevitable' demise, Dr Young sketches out a practical roadmap to revitalise Scotland's beleaguered tongue and simple ways we can all keep it 'hale an hearty' for future generations. Acause if you dinna dae it, wha wull?

Author : T. G. K. Bryce
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474437850
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Education written by T. G. K. Bryce and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interrogates the rise of national philosophies and their impact on cosmopolitanism and nationalism.

Author : Vally Lytra
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1788927966
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberating Language Education written by Vally Lytra and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book responds to a growing body of work in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics that places an emphasis on situated descriptions of language education practices and illuminates how these descriptions are enmeshed with local, institutional and wider social forces. It engages with new ways of understanding language that expand its meaning by including other semiotic resources and meaning-making practices and bring to the fore its messiness and unpredictability. The chapters illustrate how a translingual and transcultural orientation to language and language pedagogy can provide a point of entry to reimagining what language education might look like under conditions of heightened linguistic and cultural diversity and increased linguistic and social inequalities. The book unites an international group of contributors, presenting state-of-the-art empirical studies drawing on a wide range of local contexts and spaces, from linguistically and culturally heterogeneous mainstream and HE classrooms to complementary (community) school and informal language learning contexts.

Author : Norman Ferguson
Publisher : Summersdale
ISBN 13 : 1786853906
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Love of Scotland written by Norman Ferguson and published by Summersdale. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This miscellany will have you quoting Burns and fizzing with fascinating trivia. As well as delving into Scottish history – including profiles of William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie – you’ll gain plenty of insight into the food, drink, landscape, culture and everything else that makes Scotland exceptional.