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Manual of Modern Scots

Manual of Modern Scots

Manual of Modern Scots

William Grant
James Main Dixon
December 2013
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Paperback
9781107653733
£41.99
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    Originally published in 1921, this book was intended for non-Scottish students of Scottish literature as a guide for recitation and declamation of Scottish pieces. The text is divided into three parts: the first gives the phonetic symbols for the sounds of modern Scots, the second contrasts Scots grammar with standard English usage and gives illustrations from Scottish literature, and the third contains extracts from modern Scots writers with phonetic transcriptions on the facing page. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the pronunciation of Scottish literature or in Scottish phonetics more generally.

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    December 2013
    Paperback
    9781107653733
    524 pages
    229 × 152 × 30 mm
    0.76kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Values of phonetic symbols
    • List of contractions
    • Introduction
    • Part I. Phonetics:
    • 1. Consonants
    • 2. Vowels
    • 3. Vowel and consonant length
    • 4. Stress
    • 5. Words in the breath group
    • Index of words used in part I
    • Part II. Grammar:
    • 1. The articles
    • 2. Nouns
    • 3. Pronouns
    • 4. Adjectives
    • 5. Verbs
    • 6. Adverbs
    • 7. Prepositions
    • 8. Conjunctions
    • 9. Interjections
    • 10. Prefixes, suffixes and compounds
    • Part III. Reader: Prose and Verse
    • Part IV. Reader: Ballads and Songs.
      Authors
    • William Grant
    • James Main Dixon