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Scots and English Across the Union: Linguistic Connexions and Contrast
- Scottish Literary Review
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Volume 8, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2016
- pp. 17-32
- Article
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Abstract:
This paper argues that the literary deployment of varieties of Scots and English in the eighteenth century reflected something more complex and nuanced than has sometimes been argued. The complexities of this relationship are illustrated through the analysis of certain key texts published during the years before and after the emergence of the United Kingdom.