Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Notes on Contributors ix
5. List of Figures and Tables xi
6. The International Phonetic Alphabet xiv
7. Chapter 1 A Brief History of Scot 1
8. Chapter 2 Scottish Place-names 17
9. Chapter 3 Scottish Surnames 31
10. Chapter 4 Studying Scots Vocabulary 50
11. Chapter 5 Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots 72
12. Chapter 6 The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots 110
13. Chapter 7 The Phonology of Older Scots 138
14. Chapter 8 Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis 170
15. Chapter 9 The Language of Older Scots Poetry 197
16. Chapter 10 The Language of Modern Scots Poetry 210
17. Chapter 11 The Scots Language Abroad 233
18. Chapter 12 Language Planning and Modern Scots 251
19. Bibliography 273
20. Index 297