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Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn.

A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland

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    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    Publication Date: 31/05/2020
    ISBN13: 9781474448543, 978-1474448543
    ISBN10: 1474448542

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    Book Synopsis
    Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn.

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