Author: Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1783722983
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Concise Dictionary of Scottish Quotations
Author: Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1783722983
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1783722983
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Quotations
Author: Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433702075
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433702075
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases
Author: Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1848398050
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1848398050
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.
Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs
Author: Emanuel Strauss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136789782
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 2137
Book Description
This concise edition of the definitive 3-volume Dictionary of European Proverbs constitutes a fascinating collection of proverbs in 29 languages. The entries are arranged alphabetically according to the English equivalent, allowing the reader to identify common trends easily and quickly. * All proverbs listed in original language * 29 European languages featured * Includes all proverbs in current use * Thoroughly checked by language specialists to ensure accuracy. The Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs is based on over 40 years in-depth research by the compiler. It is an essential reference source for linguists, ethnologists and folklorists, and of interest to anyone wanting to know about the origins, development and current usage of the proverb. Emanuel Straussis a world-renowned expert on proverbs.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136789782
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 2137
Book Description
This concise edition of the definitive 3-volume Dictionary of European Proverbs constitutes a fascinating collection of proverbs in 29 languages. The entries are arranged alphabetically according to the English equivalent, allowing the reader to identify common trends easily and quickly. * All proverbs listed in original language * 29 European languages featured * Includes all proverbs in current use * Thoroughly checked by language specialists to ensure accuracy. The Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs is based on over 40 years in-depth research by the compiler. It is an essential reference source for linguists, ethnologists and folklorists, and of interest to anyone wanting to know about the origins, development and current usage of the proverb. Emanuel Straussis a world-renowned expert on proverbs.
The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433702693
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781433702693
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.
Book of Scottish Patriotism
Author: Crombie Jardine
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1906051631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
A celebration of Scottish history, from pre-200 up until 2011. Comprehensive and compact, this book contains all the key dates and names that make Scotland so great. Factual, but written in a light-hearted way, this is a guide to Scotland's bloody and glorious past, highlighting the contribution that inventive Scots have made to the world we know today. Updated edition of the 2005 original publication.
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1906051631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
A celebration of Scottish history, from pre-200 up until 2011. Comprehensive and compact, this book contains all the key dates and names that make Scotland so great. Factual, but written in a light-hearted way, this is a guide to Scotland's bloody and glorious past, highlighting the contribution that inventive Scots have made to the world we know today. Updated edition of the 2005 original publication.
The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases
Author: Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857645333
Category : Scots language
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857645333
Category : Scots language
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Edinburgh History of the Scots Language
Author: Jones Charles Jones
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474469639
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This is the first full scale attempt to record the diachronic development of this important English language variety and includes extensive essays by some of the foremost international scholars of the Scots language. The book attempts to provide a detailed and technical description of the syntax, phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the language in two main periods: the beginnings to 1700 and from 1700 to the present day. The language's geographical variation both in the past and at the present time are fully documented and the sociolinguistic forces which lie behind linguistic innovation and its transmission provide a principal theme running through the book.WINNER of the Saltire society/National Library of Scotland Scottish Research Book of the Year Award
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474469639
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This is the first full scale attempt to record the diachronic development of this important English language variety and includes extensive essays by some of the foremost international scholars of the Scots language. The book attempts to provide a detailed and technical description of the syntax, phonology, morphology and vocabulary of the language in two main periods: the beginnings to 1700 and from 1700 to the present day. The language's geographical variation both in the past and at the present time are fully documented and the sociolinguistic forces which lie behind linguistic innovation and its transmission provide a principal theme running through the book.WINNER of the Saltire society/National Library of Scotland Scottish Research Book of the Year Award
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198734905
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198734905
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.
The Social History of Language
Author: Peter Burke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521317634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521317634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.