TY - BOOK ID - 77937426 TI - Glasgow PY - 1983 SN - 1283359421 9786613359421 9027280223 9789027280220 9027247110 9789027247117 9781283359429 6613359424 PB - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, DB - UniCat KW - Scots language KW - English language, Scots KW - Lallans language KW - Lowland Scots language KW - Scots English language KW - Scottish language (Germanic) KW - English language KW - Germanic languages KW - Dialects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77937426 AB - The Glasgow 'toonheid vernacular' is certainly the most vital and widespread - if least prestigious - form of present-day Scots. No comprehensive description has existed so far, Macauley's sociolinguistic research having barely scratched the surface. Caroline Macafee's long introduction to the emergence and present distribution of the variety is not only a memorable feat in itself, it is also closely related to the 73 texts, which include a substantial portion of natural speech and an impressive array of naturalistic and stereotyped language as used in poetry, drama and literary prose. ER -