Pocket Scots Dictionary
by Iseabail Macleod
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The Pocket Scots Dictionary, based on the Concise Scots Dictionary, provides information on Scots language for the general public and for schools in a compact and user-friendly form.* Scots words old and new, general and local* Clear, simple definitions* Pronunciation guide for difficultwords* Literary uses as in Burns and Scott* Brief history of Scots.Tags
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Iseabail Macleod has many years experience in publishing mainly with Collins and Chambers, later as a freelance editor and as Editorial Director of the Scottish National Dictionary Association (1986-2002). She has an MBE for services to Scottish dictionaries and is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies. J. Derrick show more Mcclure is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Language and Literature at the University of Aberdeen. He was Chairman of the ASLS Language Committee 1976-91, Chairman of the Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster 1991-2009 and Chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Group on the Scots Language 2009-10; and he has an MBE for services to Scottish culture. show less
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- Genres
- Reference, Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 427.9411 — Language English & Old English languages Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of English Geographic variations Geographic variations in Europe British Isles - UK, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland Scotland
- LCC
- PE2106 .P7 — Language and Literature English language English Dialects. Provincialisms, etc.
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
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