LL-L "Terminology" 2002.02.27 (02) [E]

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From: "Andy Eagle" <andy at scots-online.org>
Subject: LL-L "Terminology" 2002.02.24 (02) [E]

Sandy Fleming wrote:

> I was wondering if a term that describes the language status
> of Scots actually exists.
>
> Such a term would have a meaning something like, "A collection
> of dialects which, though not necessarily mutually intelligable
> in speech, are related through simple, regular processes that
> enable them to be represented as one language through a shared
> spelling system."
>
> It would include mainland dialects of Scots, and probably Ullans,
> but not insular dialects such as Shetlandic.
>
> Possible terms would be "polylect", "multilect" or "panlect".
> I'd like to be able to say, in discussion with those who take
> a scientific approach to language, "the Scots polylect", or
> "Scots, as a polylect...". This would enable me to make clear
> exactly what it is that separates Scots from English as languages.
>
> Does a term for this already exist, or do I have to chose one
> from the above list?

The Scots linguistic system?
With the subsystems, phonological and semantic
themselves containing other systems e.g. the vowel and consonant systems.

Andy Eagle

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