Dae ye ken?

Dae ye ken? PDF Author: Vicki Gausden
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781905222599
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"This work is split thematically and includes subjects from clothes (claes) to feelings through food and drink, socialising (gang oot on the toon) and that favourite Scottish topic - the weather. Dae Ye Ken is an illustrated mini Scots/English thesaurus. Fully approved by experts at the Scots Language Resource Centre."--Publisher's description.

The Idler

The Idler PDF Author: Jerome Klapka Jerome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874

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Doric

Doric PDF Author: J. Derrick McClure
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027247179
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and social context, discusses in some detail a selection of previous accounts of its distinctive characteristics of phonology and grammar, showing that its shibboleths have been well recognised, and have remained consistent, over a long period. Passages of recorded speech are then examined, with extensive use of phonetic transcription. Finally, a representative selection of written texts, dating from the eighteenth century to the present and illustrating a wide variety of styles and genres, are presented with detailed annotations. A full glossary is also included. This study clearly demonstrates both the individuality of the dialect and the richness of the local culture of which it is an integral part.

Twentieth Century Scottish Drama

Twentieth Century Scottish Drama PDF Author: Cairns Craig
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847674747
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 819

Book Description
Edited and introduced by Cairns Craig and Randall Stevenson. Ever since the major revival of dramatic writing and production in the 1970s, the style and the subject matter of Scottish writing for stage and screen has been a continuing influence on our contemporary culture, exciting, offending and challenging audiences in equal measure. Yet modern Scottish drama has a history of controversy, conflict and entertainment going back to the 1920s, notable at every turn for the vigour of its language and its direct confrontation with telling issues. The plays in this anthology offer a unique chance to grasp the different topics and also the recurrent themes of Scottish drama in the twentieth century. Gathered together in a single omnibus volume, there is the poetic eeriness of Barrie and the political commitment of Joe Corrie and Sue Glover; there is the Brechtian debate of Bridie and the verbal brilliance of John Byrne and Liz Lochhead; there is working-class experience and feminist insight; broad Scots and existential anxiety; street realism and a meeting with the devil; social injustice and raucous humour; historical comedy and tragic loss. Here is both the breadth and the continuity of the modern Scottish tradition in a single volume.

Blood Magic

Blood Magic PDF Author: Bobbi Kerr
Publisher: Bobbi Kerr
ISBN: 0995928495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
I previously published Blood Magic under my old name, Bobbi Schemerhorn. Bobbi Kerr is my new name. If you have already purchased it, simply update your reader. But I assure you, I am the same author. Are they carrying a gift of peace or war? Dufin an ex-warrior dwarf now a mine working botanist, finds peace and purpose in his gardens with his flowers. But he is pulled away from his serenity by his king. An important package must be taken to the High Kingdom. A mission he shouldn’t do on his own. Enya, a human raised by dwarfs struggles with fitting in. Loved by the dwarf mother who raised her, but despised by the dwarf she longed to call father. Jardeth, a thief too sophisticated for the brothel he was found in. A roamer, traveller happy to go where possible treasures may lie. His true intentions carefully concealed from those closest to him. What does the package they carry contain? Will it throw the world into chaos or is it a peaceful gesture between two kingdoms? Blood Magic is the first book in the Realm Wardens Fantasy Series. Join the adventure to find out if Dufin can find peace after the war, Enya finds a family to love her, and if Jardeth can give up his thieving ways.

Ronald Lindsay

Ronald Lindsay PDF Author: May Wynne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Covenanters
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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