Older Scots: A Linguistic Reader

A full introduction to Older Scots language and literature, with a wide selection of copiously annotated texts from the period.

This book enables both students and more advanced scholars to develop a comprehensive understanding of Older Scots, the form of Scots which survives in records up to around 1700. It provides the means of understanding the language's essential characteristics, and enables readers to engage with the fascinating textual and linguistic problems which it presents. The vo...