Perspectives on the older Scottish tongue : a celebration of DOST /: a celebration of DOST. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christian J. Kay and Margaret A. Mackay.
• Editors: Kay, Christian; Mackay, Margaret A
• Contents: Preface (Alasdair MacDonald); 1. DOST and the Literary Scholar (Priscilla Bawcutt); 2. The History and Development of DOST (Marace Dareau); 3. 'There is Nothing like a Good Gossip': Baptism, Kinship and Alliance in Early Modern Scotland (Jane Dawson); 4. 'Wyne Confortative': Wine in Scotland from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries (Alexander Fenton); 5. Law and Lexicography: The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and Late Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Shipping Law (A.D.M. Forte); 6. Cereal Terms in the DOST Record (Iseabail Macleod); 7. The Spread of a Word: Scail in Scots, and Sgaoil in Gaelic (Donald Meek); 8. Place Names as Evidence in the History of Scots (Bill Nicolaisen); 9. DOST and MED and the Virtues of Sibling Rivalry (Paul Schaffner); 10. Was It Murder? John Comyn of Badenoch and William, Earl of Douglas (W.H.D. Sellar); 11. Interpreting Scots Measurement Terms: A Cautionary Tale (A.D.C. Simpson); 12. The Use of the Scottish National Dictionaries in the Study of Traditional Building Construction (Bruce Walker); 13. DOST and LAOS - A Caledonian Symbiosis? (Keith Williamson); Overview (William Gillies).
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 230 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 427.9411; Scots language; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax; Language and languages; Manners and customs; Scots language; Schots (Engels); Scotland -- Social life and customs; Scotland -- Languages; Scotland -- History; Scotland; Altschottisch; Electronic books; History; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474469708; 1474469701
• Related ISBNs: 9780748622818; 0748622810
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.
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