Concise Scots Dictionary

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This book is not so much a dictionary as it is a thesaurus. Like any good thesaurus, it provides (in most cases) multiple Scottish synonyms for each English word. It is very simple to use.

One just searches for the desired English word, and reads the Scots synonyms. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order, as with any dictionary/5(5). First published inthe Concise Scots Dictionary offers a comprehensive single-volume reference.

This new edition is the result of thirty years' research and has been revised and updated throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside coverage of older Scots/5(7). The Concise Scots Dictionary (2nd edition) is the ideal reference work for readers, learners, speakers and students of the Scots language.

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First published inthe Concise Scots Dictionary offers a comprehensive single-volume reference. This new edition is the result of thirty years’ research and has been revised and updated throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside coverage of older Scots.

The Concise Scots Dictionary book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers/5. For over sixty years, the Scottish National Dictionary Association has supported and encourage the Scots language.

Its first main objective was reached in with the publication of the Scottish National Dictionary, a major historical work in ten volumes. Since then it has produced moredictionaries, bringing the riches of the standard works to a wider public.5/5(1).

Get this from a library. Concise Scots dictionary. [Pauline Cairns Speitel; Scottish Language Dictionaries Limited.;] -- "Revised and updated throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside coverage of older Scots. Combining accessible style, clear layout and durable hardback format, this is a user-friendly and.

DSL brings together the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language. Modern Scots ( onwards) in The Scottish National Dictionary (SND) ; Older Scots (12 th century - ) in A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST).

ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: XLI p. ; 24 cm: Responsibility: [by the Scottish national dictionary association] ; editor-in. First published inthe Concise Scots Dictionary offers a comprehensive single-volume reference. This new edition is the result of thirty years' research and has been revised and updated throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside coverage of older Scots.

Combining accessible Author: Scottish Language Dictionaries. Buy Concise Scots Dictionary: Second Edition (Scots Language Dictionaries) 2nd ed.

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First published inthe Concise Scots Dictionary offers a comprehensive single-volume reference. This new edition is the result of thirty years>' research and has been revised and updated throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside coverage of older Scots.

The concise Scots dictionary serving as a glossary for Ramsay, Fergusson, Burns, Scott, Galt, minor poets, Kailyard novelists, and a host of other writers of the Scottish tongue by Alexander Warrack. Published by New Orchard in Poole.

Written in EnglishPages: Scottish Language Dictionaries is the quintessential research organisation for the Scots Language. They are responsible for the major dictionaries of the Scots Language and undertake a wide range of educational outreach work with people of all ages and abilities.

The Concise Scots Dictionary contains MeaningSpelling variantsPronunciationInformation on when and where words are usedGrammatical informationIdioms and. A revised version of Concise Scots Dictionary has been regarded as the go-to reference work for readers, speakers and learners of Scots, the Concise Scots Dictionary is the single most authoritative volume on the history, pronunciation and geographical distribution of Scots words.

This second edition () has been revised and updated to reflect modern. Book Description: First published inthe new edition of the Concise Scots Dictionary has been revised throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside extensive coverage of older Scots.

Combining accessible style, clear layout and a durable hardback format, this is a user-friendly and robust dictionary that you can turn to for. The concise Scots dictionary by Alexander Warrack, JanuCrescent edition, Hardcover in English.

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Books. Go Search Hello Select your address /5(16). The Scottish National Dictionary (SND) was published by the Scottish National Dictionary Association (SNDA) from to and documents the Modern (Lowland) Scots original editor, William Grant, was the driving force behind the collection of Scots vocabulary.

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