Overview

A full introduction to Older Scots language and literature, with a wide selection of copiously annotated texts from the period. This book enables both students and more advanced scholars to develop a comprehensive understanding of Older Scots, the form of Scots which survives in records up to around 1700. It provides the means of understanding the language's essential characteristics, and enables readers to engage with the fascinating textual and linguistic problems which it presents. The volume contains an extensive set of annotated texts from the period, inviting closer engagement with the detail of the language, which are preceded by a comprehensive introduction to and discussion of the subject; it also looks at the linguistic detail (in the broadest sense) of the reception and afterlife of medieval andearly modern Scottish texts. Those interested in literary form in Older Scottish literature will find it a ""kit"" for stylistic analysis; book historians will appreciate the detailed studies of processes of production and reception, and be reminded of the importance of integrating disciplines such as textual criticism, codicology, paleography and philology; and for linguists, there is access to an unrivalled body of up-to-date textual information, previously hard to find in a single place. Jeremy J. Smith is Professor of English Philology, University of Glasgow.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jeremy J Smith
Publisher:   Scottish Text Society
Imprint:   Scottish Text Society
Edition:   annotated edition
Volume:   v. 9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.414kg
ISBN:  

9781897976340

ISBN 10:   1897976348
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   19 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface About Older Scots Transmission Grammar and Lexicon Style in Older Scottish Texts List of Texts Editorial Principles Texts 1: Documents Texts 2: Letters Texts 3: On language and literature Texts 4: Poetry Texts 5: Prose Texts 6: Bible translation Appendix: Older Scots: the first hundred words Bibliography and references

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Makes a vital contribution to Older Scots studies. (It) will be much appreciated by scholars and students alike.... The combination of high calibre scholarship, carefully selected texts, and a lucid, engaging written style, ensures that Smith's Linguistic Reader makes the Older Scots language come alive for students and researchers alike. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SCOTTISH STUDIES An important tool and reference work for students and teachers who wish to study and teach this corpus. it is lucid, intelligent, and authoritative. MEDIEVAL REVIEW A great step forward in the sheer availability of representative texts from the Older Scots period. (...) It will become the standard textbook for these matters in the foreseeable future, not only for students but also academics. JOURNAL OF IRISH & SCOTTISH STUDIES (W)elcomed for presenting a linguistically and stylistically wide range of Older Scots texts in accessible form (...) this book will be welcomed by all teachers and researchers in the field. SCOTTISH LANGUAGE

An important tool and reference work for students and teachers who wish to study and teach this corpus. it is lucid, intelligent, and authoritative. MEDIEVAL REVIEW A great step forward in the sheer availability of representative texts from the Older Scots period. (...) It will become the standard textbook for these matters in the foreseeable future, not only for students but also academics. JOURNAL OF IRISH & SCOTTISH STUDIES (W)elcomed for presenting a linguistically and stylistically wide range of Older Scots texts in accessible form (...) this book will be welcomed by all teachers and researchers in the field. SCOTTISH LANGUAGE

Author Information

Jeremy Smith was professor of English philology at Glasgow, where he remains a senior research fellow and emeritus professor, and an honorary professor at St Andrews. His specialisms include English historical linguistics, medieval studies, and book history, combined recently in Transforming Early English (2020).

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