LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.05.12 (05) [E]

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From: James Henry <j.henry at uba.uva.nl>
Subject: re. Scots

Dear Uilleam and other Lowlands people.

I'm an expatriot Scot working in Amsterdam University Library.
I recently came across one of the most lucid arguments that Scots is a
separate language from English in the following publication:

Good or bad Scots? : attitudes to optional lexical and grammatical
usages
in Edinburgh / Karl Inge Sandred. - Uppsala : [Universitet] ; Stockholm
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distr.: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1983. - 131 p. : ill. 23 cm.
(Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia anglistica upsaliensia ; 48)
ISBN 91-554-1442-7.

The relevant passage is chapter 1.2: A brief history of Scots.

Yours,

 James Henry.

>I often hear debates going on in the Celtic (not linguistic but
>cultural) community about the validity of Scots as a separate language
>from
>English. Being less of an expert, I'm not informed enough to say why
>Scots is a separate language from English. So, here is my question: Is
>Scots a separate language from English? Why?
>
>Thanks very much,
>Uilleam Stiùbhart

            Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards

            James R. Henry

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