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Explores the full range of perspectives on the Scottish diasporaGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748681402','ISBN:9780748681419','ISBN:9780748681426']);Coinciding with Scotland’s second year of Homecoming in 2014, The Modern Scottish Diaspora brings together well-established and emerging scholars to present a contemporary ‘diasporic’ perspective on national affairs for Scotland. The book reflects a growing interest in the subject from academics, policy makers and politicians: the Scottish Government has actively developed a diaspora strategy, not least in order to encourage ‘roots tourism’, as individuals come back to visit their ‘homeland’ diaspora. The authors explore historical perspectives, sociological and anthropological perspectives, issues of public policy and politics, (including the Scottish Government’s diaspora strategy), and the development of business links with the diaspora. Chapters deal with the arts, language and sport, as well as the media and representations of Scotland in the diaspora. The concluding chapter, written by the editors, identifies future challenges in the relationship between Scotland and its diaspora. The Scots form one of the world’s largest diasporas, with around 30 million people worldwide claiming a Scottish ancestry. There are few countries around the globe without a Caledonian Society, a Burns Club, a Scottish country dance society, or similar organisation. This book serves to remind us of the continuing importance of those links for Scots both at home and abroad. It will be of interest to politicians, public policy makers and Scottish business, as well as to scholars and students of Diaspora Studies. "

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Continuing the monumental work begun in Volume I, Bertrand Bronson presents here the words and music for Child Ballads 54 through 113. The texts are those established in the famous Child canon of English and Scottish ballads. To them, Mr. Bronson has added more than a thousand variant tunes grouped to show their melodic kinship, and the characteristic variations developed in the course of traditional singing and oral transmission.Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Ballads, Scots --- Ballads, English

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This work explains Scotland's population and migration history using new methods and unpublished sources. It surveys migration to England, Canada, United States, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand to 1990.

Scots --- History. --- Ethnic identity.

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Scots --- Scots --- History --- History --- Scotland --- Caribbean Area --- Relations --- Relations

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Standards and Variation in Urban Speech is an examination and exploration of the aims and methods of sociolinguistic investigation, based on studies of Scottish urban speech. It criticially examines the implications of the notions 'vernacular', 'standard language', 'Received Pronunciation', 'social class', and 'linguistic insecurity'. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using examples from comedians' jokes, dialect poetry, formal and informal interviews, and personal narratives, the work illustrates the actual norms that speakers exemplify in various ways.

Scots language --- Urban dialects --- Variation --- Spoken Scots --- Standardization --- English language --- Dialectology --- Scotland --- English language, Scots --- Lallans language --- Lowland Scots language --- Scots English language --- Scottish language (Germanic) --- Germanic languages --- Dialects, Urban --- Urbanisms (Linguistics) --- Cities and towns --- Language and languages --- Languages in contact --- Sociolinguistics --- Spoken Scots. --- Variation. --- Standardization. --- Dialects --- Scots language - Variation --- Urban dialects - Scotland --- Scots language - Spoken Scots --- Scots language - Standardization