Luath Scots Language Learner sampler
This new edition of the Luath Scots Language Learner featuring updated information is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and grammar books but this is the first-ever language course. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English. An accompanying audio recording conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. The audio recording, which accompanies the Luath Scots Language Learner book, conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. It is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and grammar books but this is the first-ever language course. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English.
This new edition of the Luath Scots Language Learner featuring updated information is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and grammar books but this is the first-ever language course. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English. An accompanying audio recording conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland.
The audio recording, which accompanies the Luath Scots Language Learner book, conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. It is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and grammar books but this is the first-ever language course. The book assumes no prior knowledge on the reader's part. Starting from the most basic vocabulary and constructions, the reader is guided step-by-step through Scots vocabulary and the subtleties of grammar and idiom that distinguish Scots from English.
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INTRODUCTION<br />
These reasons are all matters of practical utility. It is most emphatically<br />
not the aim to suggest that the <strong>Scots</strong> of North East Scotland is<br />
intrinsically ‘better’ than the <strong>Scots</strong> spoken in other areas. However,<br />
given that the learner will be learning the north-eastern variety, there<br />
are some points to note with this in mind.<br />
! None of the material in the book is written in such a way as<br />
to depict specifically the north-eastern pronunciation or,<br />
indeed, any particular pronunciation. On the contrary, the<br />
spelling of <strong>Scots</strong> presented in this book is intended to be as<br />
generic as possible, and is based on that used in The Concise<br />
English–<strong>Scots</strong> Dictionary, produced by Scottish <strong>Language</strong><br />
Dictionaries. Where the dictionary gives more than one<br />
spelling for a particular word, the writer has chosen that<br />
which he personally believes to reflect best the different<br />
pronunciations that the word may have.<br />
! The written <strong>Scots</strong> in this book is intended as a vehicle for<br />
presenting and explaining the spoken language. It is not<br />
intended to serve as a model for the learner’s own written<br />
<strong>Scots</strong>, even if it might be possible to use it in the latter fashion.<br />
! <strong>Learner</strong>s from outside Scotland are recommended to use the<br />
CD as the model of pronunciation to imitate. On the other<br />
hand, learners from Scotland itself, who already have some<br />
knowledge of how the words would be pronounced in their<br />
own respective region, may themselves prefer to remain with<br />
the pronunciation that they know.<br />
! Although the aim of this book is to present a model of good<br />
<strong>Scots</strong>, this is not necessarily the only model of good <strong>Scots</strong>. It<br />
is not the purpose of this book to define a ‘standard’ <strong>Scots</strong>.<br />
The first few lessons contain material which many Scottish readers may<br />
feel to be too basic to bother with. There is a potential pitfall of which<br />
to beware: readers ought not to assume, simply because they already<br />
understand all of the material in a lesson, that they have a complete<br />
grasp of it. It may be difficult for readers to convince themselves that<br />
they have anything to learn from material that they already understand<br />
completely. In the end, this is a matter of resolve. If readers start from<br />
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