Scots: History and Structure (U00382)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-3-SHS-EL

The course provides a synchronic and diachronic account of the structure of General Modern Scots dialect and 'mainstream' Scottish Standard English by examining the ways in which selected features of phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis have evolved from Older Scots to Modern Scots and contributed to the structure of Scottish (Standard) English. This latter variety emerges during the eighteenth century and the discussion of Modern Scots will therefore be informed by the interaction between it and this standard by: (a) placing the two varieties within the socio-cultural and sociolinguistic climate of the Early Modern Scots period; (b)considering aspects of standard~accent~lect interfacing in present-day Scotland.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : English Language 2 or Linguistics 2A + 2B or Linguistics 2A + 2L

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2007	16:10	17:00	Room 1.02, 14 Buccleuch Place	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	17:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	16:10	17:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	16:10	17:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this course, students will have acquired knowledge and understanding of:
- the synchronic and diachronic structure of Scots;
- the synchronic structure of Scottish Standard English;
- the socio-cultural and sociolinguistic circumstances involved in the development of Scottish Standard English; and have:
-developed an informed awareness and some knowledge of the linguistic, cultural and sociolinguistic concerns pertinent to Scots historically and currently (especially vis-a-vis Scottish English);
- explored and gained knowledge of matters pertinent to present day Scotland like standard~accent~lect inter-facing.
Students will be able to:
- formulate some of the major linguistic developments from Older Scots to Modern Scots;
- provide derivational histories of forms from Older to Modern Scots;
- examine, describe and evaluate Scots (and some Scottish Standard English) data and structure from a synchronic and diachronic point of view;
- have developed the critical judgment and skills required in:
assimilating and applying concepts of linguistic analysis to information and data abstracted from sources and from compendia based on texts;
handling, organising and rigorously analysing complex linguistic material and dealing with it in an interpretative and evaluative way;
- recognising and solving problems analytically