Older Scots
Older Scots is a distinct historical stage in the development of the Scots language, encompassing its evolution between the 14th and 18th centuries. It is a subfield of study within the wider historical linguistics of Scots.[1] This chronological term is widely used, for example by Scottish Language Dictionaries (formally SNDA),[2] the Oxford Companion to the English Language,[3] and the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.[4] The online Dictionary of the Scots Language includes the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue.[2][3]: 902
Older Scots is used for the following periods in the history of the Scots language:
- Pre-literary Scots to 1375
- Early Scots to 1450
- Middle Scots to 1700
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Jeremy J. (2012). "About Older Scots". Older Scots: A Linguistic Reader. Scottish Text Society; Boydell Press. pp. 1–17. ISBN 978-1-89797-633-3.
- ^ a b Macafee, Caroline. History of Scots to 1700: Introduction. Incorporating material by A. J. Aitken. Dictionaries of the Scots Language.For other examples, see:
- King, Anne Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- University of Edinburgh Archived 2006-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- University of Glasgow Archived 2005-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Aitken, A. J. (1992). "Scots". In McArthur, Tom (ed.). The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 893–899. ISBN 978-0-19-214183-5. See also, pp. 269, 519, 706, 902, 906, 961, 1115.
- ^ Cambridge History of English and American Literature – via Bartleby.
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