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Lallans (magazine)
''Lallans'' is a periodical subscription magazine in the Scots Language established by the Scots Language Society in 1973 and dedicated to the promotion and revived use of the language in literature and letters. The magazine publishes original prose and poetry, Scots translations, reviews of other books and materials also published in Scots, as well as articles, commentary and debate with relevance to the language. All of its content is written in Scots. Notable editors The founding editor of ''Lallans'' was J. K. Annand James King Annand MBE (2 February 1908 – 8 June 1993) was a Scottish poet best known for his children's poems. Biography Born at Edinburgh to Maggie Gold and her husband, plumber William Annand, He was educated at Broughton Secondary ... who edited the magazine until 1983. Others since include the Scots language poet David Purves (1924–2015), who was editor for 11 years between 1986 and 1995. References Scots-language mass media Scots-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Scots
Modern Scots comprises the varieties of Scots traditionally spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster, from 1700. Throughout its history, Modern Scots has been undergoing a process of language attrition, whereby successive generations of speakers have adopted more and more features from English, largely from the colloquial register. This process of language contact or dialectisation under English has accelerated rapidly since widespread access to mass media in English, and increased population mobility became available after the Second World War. It has recently taken on the nature of wholesale language shift towards Scottish English, sometimes also termed language change, convergence or merger. By the end of the twentieth century Scots was at an advanced stage of language death over much of Lowland Scotland. Residual features of Scots are often simply regarded today as slang, especially by people from outwith Scotland, but even by many Scots. Dialects The varieties of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Language Society
The Scots Language Society, or Scots Leid Associe, also formerly known as the Lallans Society, is a body that works for the promotion of the Scots language "in literature, drama, the media, education and everyday use". It was founded in 1972 and has an open membership. The SLS publishes a bi-annual journal, ''Lallans'', which has developed over the years from a small pamphlet-sized organ to a 144-page magazine with prose, poetry, reviews, news and articles relevant to the language, all in Scots. ''Lallans'' is posted free to members of the Society, and is estimated to have a readership of around a thousand, including through its library distribution. SLS also holds an Annual Collogue ('Annual Meeting'), normally a day-long event in the summer featuring awards for writing in Scots, readings, talks and music. The SLS sees itself as part of a 'family' of Scots language organisations, including among others the Scots Leid Cross-Pairty Group at the Scottish Parliament and the Scots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Purves
Dr. David Purves (9 April 1924 – 3 January 2015) was a Scottish environmental scientist, playwright and poet, and a champion of the Scots language. Early life Purves was born in Selkirk, Scotland, the only son of James Alexander Purves, a master grocer based in Galashiels, and his wife May Lees. He was brought up in the Borders, and educated at Galashiels Academy. He served in the Royal Air Force in World War II, training as a bomber navigator in Canada.Obituary: Dr David Purves, BSc, PhD, writer in Scots', ''The Scotsman'', 5 January 2015 Career as an environmental scientist After the war, he studied at the University of Edinburgh, gaining an honours degree and PhD in biochemistry. In 1956, he was appointed head of the Trace Element Department at the East of Scotland College of Agriculture, where he worked with the agricultural advisory service on trace element deficiency and toxicity problems. In 1977, his scientific monograph ''Trace-Element Contamination of the Environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots-language Literature
Scots-language literature is literature, including poetry, prose and drama, written in the Scots language in its many forms and derivatives. Middle Scots became the dominant language of Scotland in the late Middle Ages. The first surviving major text in Scots literature is John Barbour's ''Brus'' (1375). Some ballads may date back to the thirteenth century, but were not recorded until the eighteenth century. In the early fifteenth century Scots historical works included Andrew of Wyntoun's verse ''Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland'' and Blind Harry's '' The Wallace''. Much Middle Scots literature was produced by makars, poets with links to the royal court, which included James I, who wrote the extended poem ''The Kingis Quair''. Writers such as William Dunbar, Robert Henryson, Walter Kennedy and Gavin Douglas have been seen as creating a golden age in Scottish poetry. In the late fifteenth century, Scots prose also began to develop as a genre. The first complete surviving work is John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Magazines Published In Scotland
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literature, as an art form, can also include works in various non-fiction genres, such as biography, diaries, memoir, letters, and the essay. Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articles or other printed information on a particular subject.''OED'' Etymologically, the term derives from Latin ''literatura/litteratura'' "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from ''litera/littera'' "letter". In spite of this, the term has also been applied to spoken or sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
