A Scots Dialect Dictionary: Comprising the Words in Use From the Latter Part of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Warrack, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 1332227503 ISBN 13: 9781332227501

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A Scots Dialect Dictionary: Comprising the Words in Use From the Latter Part of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day

The Introduction and the Dialect Map by Mr Grant I owe to the zeal for the Scottish vernacular shown by him as Convener of the Scottish branch of the English Association. His professional knowledge and experience as Lecturer in Phonetics to the Aberdeen Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers render him exceptionally fitted to deal with the subjects handled in the Introduc tion and to draw the map showing the distribution of the dialects. These subjects are in brief as follows (i) A short history of Scottish, showing its original identity with Northern English; its use as a literary language down to about 1600; its decline during the seventeenth century; and the revival of a vernacular literature about 1700. (2) The separation into dialects; the distribution of these so far as at present known; their leading characteristics; and the extent to which they have been used in literature. (3) The pronunciation of Scottish, with special reference to the literary forms and the usual spelling. (4) The present state of studies in Scottish and the efforts to record the existing dialects.

I have also received from Mr Grant two large lists of words, which have been incorporated in the Appendix as far as was needful.

The readiness with which Mr Grant undertook to comply with my request that he should write the Introduction on these lines, and his accomplishment of his voluntary contribution to the usefulness of this book, lay me and - may I say - all who use this book, under very great obligation. I trust that its publication may help to further the purpose to which he is devoting so much energy - the purpose of ultimately gathering all available material over Scotland for a thoroughly scientific Dictionary comprehending all Scottish, Early, Middle, and Modern, so far as this is possible. Further contributions of words not found in this or any other Dialect Dictionary will be gratefully welcomed if sent to Mr Grant or to myself. All such words should be vouched for by the senders, with the exact meaning, the locality in which they are used, and an indication of the pronunciation.

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Excerpt from A Scots Dialect Dictionary: Comprising the Words in Use From the Latter Part of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day

This Scottish Dictionary is intended to deal with what should interest all Scotsmen at home and abroad, as well as foreign students of later Scottish literature. It is designed to serve as a Dictionary or a Vocabulary, not of Early or of Middle Scottish, but of Modern Scottish alone, with a few exceptions. The period covered by it stretches from the latter part of the Seventeenth Century to the beginning of the Twentieth. The exceptions are such words as have survived the transition period between Middle and Modern Scottish, and are found in the latter in their original, or in a modified form. It contains also English literary words which have had, or which now have, a dialect meaning in Scottish. It includes also some phrases necessary for bringing out the meaning of certain dialect words. Those who wish to learn how rich the Scottish dialect is in terse, pithy, comprehensive phrases, should consult Professor Wrights English Dialect Dictionary, where they are given in abundance.

In the present work the words are drawn from a great variety of sources. There have been read and ransacked very many volumes of various characters and dates, such as Dictionaries and Glossaries; 'Kailyard' Novels; Poetry, specially of the minor bards; Humorous Readings; Dialect Stories in Newspapers and Magazines; books on Coinage, Agriculture, Social and Domestic Life, Manners and Customs, Memoirs, Games, Travels, as well as of Scots Law, History, and old Theology. Correspondence also has contributed a large quota.

The words are drawn from every county of Scotland, from some counties more largely than others, according to the local sources available. As regards Orkney and Shetland, however, it has been thought right to exclude, with several exceptions, such words in use there as are of purely Scandinavian origin, these not being properly Scottish dialect.

There are certain things which this Dictionary does not profess to do, and which it is well to state distinctly.

No attempt has been made to indicate the locality or geographical limits within which dialect words are used. The record of these words, printed or spoken, is at present far too incomplete for such an attempt to be successful in point of accuracy. A word, also, which one knows as purely local, or confined to one part of the country, may turn out to be used in a different or distant district unknown to him.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332227503
• ISBN 13: 9781332227501
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 752