Older Scots

Older Scots is a distinct historical stage in the development of the Scots language, encompassing its evolution between the 14th and 18th centuries. It is a subfield of study within the wider historical linguistics of Scots. ^[1] This chronological term is widely used, for example by Scottish Language Dictionaries (formally SNDA), ^[2] the Oxford Companion to the English Language, ^[3] and the Cambridge History of English and American Literature. ^[4] The online Dictionary of the Scots Language includes the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue . ^{[2] [3] : 902}

Older Scots is used for the following periods in the history of the Scots language:

• Pre-literary Scots to 1375
• Early Scots to 1450
• Middle Scots to 1700

References

1. Smith, Jeremy J. (2012). "About Older Scots". Older Scots: A Linguistic Reader. Scottish Text Society; Boydell Press. pp. 1–17. ISBN   978-1-89797-633-3.
2. Macafee, Caroline. History of Scots to 1700: Introduction. Incorporating material by A. J. Aitken. Dictionaries of the Scots Language.
   For other examples, see:

   • King, Anne Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
   • University of Edinburgh Archived 2006-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
   • University of Glasgow Archived 2005-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
3. Aitken, A. J. (1992). "Scots" . In McArthur, Tom (ed.). The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 893–899. ISBN   978-0-19-214183-5. See also, pp. 269, 519, 706, 902, 906, 961, 1115.
4. Cambridge History of English and American Literature – via Bartleby.

External links

• Dictionary of the Scots Language