Language death in Scotland : a linguistic analysis of the process of language death and linguistic interference in Scottish Gaelic and Scots language

Within contemporary Scotland there are two distinct language systems which may be considered to be threatened with extinction. These are the Germanic system of Scots, decended from the Northumbrian dialect of Old English, and the Celtic system of Gaelic, one of the languages of the Goidelic branch o...

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Main Author: MacLeod, Stewart A.
Published: University of Aberdeen 1989
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267264