A01=John Corbett
Author_John Corbett
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Language & Linguistics
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- ISBN 9780748608263
- Weight: 518g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 1997
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This practical introduction to ways of using theories of language to explore different aspects of Scottish literature includes material on:varieties of Scots and Scottish English; linguistic approaches to literary studies; the grammar of texts; vocabulary; metaphor; poetic metre; language in use; point of view; narrative; stereotypes of the Scots; discourse; and reading older Scottish texts. Extensive examples demonstrate the application of the theories, from poems and ballads to a football report, and from short stories to extracts from film scripts and plays.
John Corbett is Professor of English at the University of Macau and a Senior Research Fellow of the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Language and Scottish Literature (1997) and he co-edited The Edinburgh Companion to Scots (2003).
