{"product_id":"the-scots-tongue-la-skota-lingvo","title":"The Scots Tongue (La skota lingvo)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an unpretentious attempt at an introduction to Scots, similar to the kind of popular manual aimed at those wishing to acquire a basic knowledge of, say, French or German. It sets out to treat the Lowland Scots vernacular as a modern language rather than an outmoded dialect of Òproper EnglishÓ, which is how it has all too long been regarded.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is in no way a formal grammar or linguistic treatise, and the reader should not expect to find here a comparative analysis of the various dialects of Scots or a historical study of the older Scottish tongue. There are already numerous books available for those whose interest lies in these fields.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this book grammatical terms are kept to a minimum and are explained in simple English. The ubiquitous apostrophe which speckles the pages of anthologies of Scots poetry like fly-blow has been all but totally eliminated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44406191882401,"sku":"eduu318","price":28.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1nwjqkke-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1717454744","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-scots-tongue-la-skota-lingvo","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}