عنوان

Scottish newspapers, language and identity /

(Number (ISBN

0748630430

(Number (ISBN

0748671536

(Number (ISBN

9780748630431

(Number (ISBN

9780748671533

Erroneous ISBN

0748624376

Erroneous ISBN

9780748624379

Number

b763937

Title Proper

Scottish newspapers, language and identity /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Fiona M. Douglas.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Edinburgh :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Edinburgh University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) :

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illustrations

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index.

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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 -- Introduction -- 1.1 Setting the Scene -- 1.1.1 Scotland today -- 1.1.2 Changes in the political landscape -- 1.2 Scotland's Linguistic Communities -- 1.3 Introducing the Subject Matter -- 1.3.1 Definition of key terms -- 1.4 The Newspaper Corpus: Hard Evidence -- 1.4.1 Methodological considerations -- 1.5 Overview of Chapter Content -- Further Reading -- 2 -- What is Scottish Identity? -- 2.1 What Constitutes Identity? -- 2.2 Is Identity Fixed? -- 2.3 Language and Identity -- 2.3.1 Language display -- 2.4 A Distinctive Scottish Identity -- 2.4.1 Defining Scottishness -- 2.4.2 The imagined Scottish community -- 2.4.3 The role of Scottish language -- 2.4.4 Language, identity and nation states -- 2.4.5 The role of Scottish stereotypes -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Further Read -- 3 -- What is Scottish Language? -- 3.1 The Historical Context -- 3.2 The Linguistic Continuum -- 3.2.1 Varieties along the continuum -- 3.2.2 Polarisation, code-switching and style-drifting -- 3.3 Written vs Spoken Varieties -- 3.4 Thin and Dense Scots -- 3.5 Open vs Closed Class Scots Lexis -- 3.6 Cognate vs Non-Cognate Lexis -- 3.7 Linguistic Status -- 3.8 Linguistic Attitudes: Ambivalence and Insecurity -- 3.9 Linguistic Awareness -- 3.10 Implications for Scottish Newspaper Texts -- Further Reading -- 4 -- Newspapers and their Readers -- 4.1 Readerships -- 4.2 Importance of a Shared Community Consciousness -- 4.3 The Ideal Reader -- 4.4 Alignment with Readership -- 4.4.1 Scottish branding -- 4.4.2 A visible presence -- 4.4.3 Rootedness of journalists -- 4.4.4 Including Scottish content and viewpoint -- 4.4.5 Alignment via language -- 4.5 The Press as Gatekeepers -- 4.6 The Appropriacy Pact -- 4.7 Gatekeeping, Appropriacy and Use of Scots Language -- 4.8 Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 5 -- A Limited Identity -- 5.1 The Overview -- 5.2 Where Do We Find Scots Lexis? -- 5.2.1 Methodology -- 5.2.2 Most Scots article types and journalists -- 5.3 Why is Usage of Scots Lexis Restricted to these Areas? -- 5.4 A Humorous Language? -- 5.5 How Scottish is too Scottish? -- 5.5.1 Thin and dense Scots -- 5.5.2 Open vs closed class lexis -- 5.6 How Different does it have to be from English? -- 5.6.1 Cognate/non-cognate lexis and density -- 5.6.2 Non-cognate/cognate and open vs closed class lexis -- 5.7 A Language More Fitted for Speech? -- 5.7.1 Methods for research into direct speech contexts -- 5.7.2 The individual rather than the institutional voice -- 5.8 Newspapers as a Force for Standardisation? -- 5.9 The Industry Perspective -- Further Reading -- 6 -- A Multifaceted and Formulaic Identity -- 6.1 A Mediated Scottish Identity -- 6.1.1 Scottish identity mediated by class identity -- 6.1.2 Scottish identity mediated by local identity -- 6.2 Importance of Stereotypes and the Formulaic -- 6.3 Quotations and Allusions -- 6.4 Proverbs, Popular Wisdom and Sayings -- 6.5 Idiomatic Expressions -- 6.6 Other Fixed Expressions -- 6.6.1 Language variety of contexts for idioms and fixed expressions -- 6.7 Variation and Productivity -- 6.8 Common Collocational Clusters -- 6.9 Sources of the Formulaic -- 6.9.1 Importance of kinship, ancestral.

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ShoutlineOffers new insights into the use of the Scottish language by the Scottish press 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 detailed discussion of individual Scottish words and phrases, its timely publication coincides with a period when interest in things Scottish is at an all time high. Key Features Based on a sizeable corpus of newspaper texts Offers new and detailed insights into Scottish language and its usage by the Scottish press Combines analysis of broad trends with detailed discussion of individual Scottish words and phrases Timely publication which coincides with a period when interest in things Scottish is at an all time high.

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JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/cttk0h91

Title

Scottish newspapers, language and identity.

International Standard Book Number

0748624376

National characteristics, Scottish.

Scots language.

Scottish newspapers.

HISTORY-- Europe-- Great Britain.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Journalism.

National characteristics, Scottish.

Scots language.

Scottish newspapers.

HIS015000

LAN-- 008000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Douglas, Fiona.

Date of Transaction

20201204232318.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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