A Scots Dictionary Of Nature
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A Scots Dictionary of Nature
Author | : Amanda Thomson |
Publsiher | : Saraband |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2022-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781915089458 |
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Scotland is a nation of dramatic weather and breathtaking landscapes – of nature resplendent. And, over the centuries, the people who have lived, explored and thrived in this country have developed a rich language to describe their surroundings: a uniquely Scottish lexicon shaped by the very environment itself. A Scots Dictionary of Nature brings together – for the first time – the deeply expressive vocabulary customarily used to describe land, wood, weather, birds, water and walking in Scotland. Artist Amanda Thomson collates and celebrates these traditional Scots words, which reveal ways of seeing and being in the world that are in danger of disappearing forever. What emerges is a vivid evocation of the nature and people of Scotland, past and present; of lives lived between the mountains and the sky.
Belonging
Author | : Amanda Thomson |
Publsiher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2022-08-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781838854737 |
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2022 Reflecting on family, identity and nature, Belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy – home to standing dead trees known as snags, which support the overall health of the forest. Belonging is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves. Beautifully written and featuring Amanda Thomson's artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are.
Concise Scots Dictionary
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 819 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Scots language |
ISBN | : OCLC:1310603657 |
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Grammar Broonie
Author | : Susan Rennie,Matthew Fitt |
Publsiher | : Polygon |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1902930207 |
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What is odd about the phrase Scots wha hae? Why do you say you've got the cold in Scots? Is there a difference between ane and yin? Do you say youse to one person or two?These are just some of the questions about Scots that are answered in the Grammar Broonie, the Scottish National Dictionary Association's guide to Scots grammar. This new, expanded edition of the Grammar Broonie includes a special section of classroom exercises by well-known Scots writer and teacher, Matthew Fitt.Intended mainly for use at upper primary and lower secondary level, the Grammar Broonie aims to show that Scots has a distinctive grammar in addition to its rich vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. The text throughout is written in colloquial Scots.
The Pocket Scots Dictionary
Author | : Iseabail Macleod,Ruth Martin,Pauline Cairns |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105040977386 |
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Landmarks
Author | : Robert Macfarlane |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2015-03-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780241967867 |
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016 Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it. Praise for Robert Macfarlane: 'He has a poet's eye and a prose style that will make many a novelist burn with envy' John Banville, Observer "I'll read anything Macfarlane writes" David Mitchell, Independent 'Every movement needs stars. In [Macfarlane] we surely have one, burning brighter with each book.' Telegraph '[Macfarlane] is a godfather of a cultural moment' Sunday Times
A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable
Author | : Ian Crofton |
Publsiher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2021-10-07 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1780277555 |
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This authoritative, entertaining and eminently browsable reference book, arranged in easily accessible A-Z format, is an absorbing and imaginative feast of Scottish lore, language, history and culture, from the mythical origins of the Scots in Scythia to the contemporary Scotland of the Holyrood parliament and Trainspotting.
Antlers of Water
Author | : Kathleen Jamie |
Publsiher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2020-08-06 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781786899804 |
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'Luminous' The Times 'Beautiful’ Caught by the River Bringing together contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens, through prose, poetry and photography. Edited and introduced by Kathleen Jamie, and with contributions from Amy Liptrot, Jim Crumley, Chitra Ramaswamy, Malachy Tallack, Amanda Thomson and many more, Antlers of Water urges us to renegotiate our relationship with the more-than-human world, in writing which is by turns celebratory, radical and political.