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Scottish Newspapers, Language and Identity
Fiona M. Douglas
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Description for Scottish Newspapers, Language and Identity
Hardback. The first in-depth study of the link between Scottish identity and Scottish language. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
The first decade of the new Scottish Parliament has seen the emergence of a new-found national confidence. 'Scottishness' is clearly alive and flourishing. This book offers new and detailed insights into Scottish language and its usage by the Scottish press. To what extent does the use of identifiably Scottish lexical features help them to maintain their distinctive Scottish identity and appeal to their readership? Which Scottish words and phrases do the papers use and where, is it a symbolic gesture, do they all behave in the same way, and has this changed since devolution? Combining analysis of broad trends with ... Read more
The first decade of the new Scottish Parliament has seen the emergence of a new-found national confidence. 'Scottishness' is clearly alive and flourishing. This book offers new and detailed insights into Scottish language and its usage by the Scottish press. To what extent does the use of identifiably Scottish lexical features help them to maintain their distinctive Scottish identity and appeal to their readership? Which Scottish words and phrases do the papers use and where, is it a symbolic gesture, do they all behave in the same way, and has this changed since devolution? Combining analysis of broad trends with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624379
SKU
V9780748624379
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About Fiona M. Douglas
Fiona M. Douglas is a Lecturer in English Language at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for Scottish Newspapers, Language and Identity
An engaged and interesting survey, both theoretical and practical, Fiona Douglas's book takes on the skewed, contradictory, paradoxically static and dynamic beast that is Scottish national identity and examines how it is reflected, refracted, even shaped by the way newspapers use the Scots language... In the ongoing debate about the general future of newspapers, it is a reminder that the ... Read more