The origins and development of shetland dialect in light of dialect contact theories

English World-Wide

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-267

  Millar, Robert McColl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Founder Effect; New Dialect Formation; Norn; Scots; Shetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950763375     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.29.3.02mil     Document Type: Article

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