Scots Dictionaries and Language Guides
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Scotspeak: A Guide To The Pronunciation Of Modern Urban Scots - Book with sound disc -
£12.99
'Scotspeak' is the ideal guide for actors wishing to understand and learn to pronounce modern urban Scots from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or Dundee. The combined expertise of the authors makes this an authoritative book, which still maintains a direct and simple approach. -
Jings!: A Wee Guide To Scots - Hardback
£5.99
This is essential reading for those interested in one of the UK's most fascinating dialects, and is a perfect introduction for those scunnered by the accents and vocabulary used north of the border. -
Add to BasketNorthern And Insular Scots - Paperback -
£16.99
Millar offers an approachable description of the dialects of Northern Scotland. He provides examples of the language of native speakers, and includes an annotated bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised works. -
Add to BasketNorthern And Insular Scots - Hardback -
£50.00
Millar offers an approachable description of the dialects of Northern Scotland. He provides examples of the language of native speakers, and includes an annotated bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised works. -
Add to BasketThe Concise Dictionary Of Scottish Words And Phrases - Paperback -
£4.99
The Scots language, like its people, has survived years of influence and change. This volume captures something of the spirit of Scotland with a broad selection of Scots words and phrases that are most likely still to be in use today. -
Add to BasketDae Ye Ken? - Paperback -
£5.99
Split thematically, and including subjects from clothes (claes) to socialising (gang oot on the toon), this pictorial mini Scots/English guide by Vicki Gausden provides an explanation to some common - and not so familiar - words and phrases in the Scots language. -
Add to BasketConcise Scots Dialect Dictionary - Hardback -
£6.99
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Add to BasketScots Dictionary - Paperback
£4.99
This pocket dictionary explains over 1800 everyday words and phrases from all over Scotland and includes a pronunciation guide to help non-Scots users. -
Add to BasketScots: The Mither Tongue - Paperback -
£9.99
Billy Kay discusses the social, cultural and political debate on Scotland's linguistic future, and argues for the necessity to retain and extend Scots if the nation is to hold on to its intrinsic values. -
Add to BasketScots: The Language Of The People - Paperback
£9.99
'Scots' accompanies the four-part television series to be screened by BBC2 in early 2006. Written and presented by Carl MacDougall, the series tells the story of the Scots language from its common roots with English to the present day.
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