'I'll cross dat brig whin I come til him': Grammatical gender in the Orkney and Shetland dialects of Scots.

Ragnhild Ljosland

'I'll cross dat brig whin I come til him': Grammatical gender in the Orkney and Shetland dialects of Scots.

Ragnhild Ljosland

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Abstract

The purpose of the current paper is to investigate possible remnants of a grammatical gender system found in the Orkney and Shetland dialects of Scots. The fact that Orkney and Shetland dialects have something of a grammatical gender system has long been established.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-58
Number of pages	31
Journal	Scottish Language
Volume	31/32
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013

Keywords

Scottish language
Scots
Scots, Norn, Orkney dialect, Historical linguistics
Grammatical gender

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'I'll cross dat brig whin I come til him': Grammatical gender in the Orkney and Shetland dialects of Scots.

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