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

The course will focus on variation in Modern Scots phonology, syntax, morphology and lexis. One strand of the course will look at these from the perspective of urban and rural regional variation and the other from that of the social factors (class, network, age, gender and attitudes) influencing variation. This latter part of the course will explore and assess the results of some of the more important sociolinguistic surveys and studies of Modern Scots (such as Macafee's Glasgow survey, Gorlach on lexical loss, Pollner's Livingston study, Hettinga's in Anstruther/ Cellardyke, Menzies' Glasgow study, Johnston's in Morningside and Macaulay's in Ayr). The course will also address basic and general sociolinguistic issues pertaining to Scots (notions of Scots, the status of Scots, attitudinal/identity issues, Scots in education, dialect contact and standard-lect interfacing).

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

Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

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

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

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explain the issues involved in the definition
of 'Scots' and Scottish 'Standard' English
- analyse and evaluate the results of the more
important sociolinguistic and regional studies of
Modern Scots
- analyse key linguistic features found in
sociolectal and 'traditional' dialectal varieties
of Lowland Scotland
- assess how sociolinguistic and 'traditional'
dialectal factors interact with the changing
linguistic systems which are nowadays associated
with Lowland Scotland
- conduct their own research into the varieties of
Scots and Scottish English spoken in Lowland
Scotland, if they so choose.

The assessment will consist of
1. coursework worth 50% and
2. a 2 hour final examination worth 50%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 Paper 1 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Rosemary Perks
Tel : (0131 6)50 3961
Email : v1rperks@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Anne King
Tel : (0131 6)50 3597
Email : Anne.King@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/