An essay describing how change in the fishing dialect of Peterhead can be related to the use of specifically fishing lexis along the east coast of Scotland. It demonstrates how certain features in the local linguistic ecology -- such as the presence of a heritage industry -- can encourage the survival of almost moribund words and phrases, while the general pattern is of loss and confusion of meaning.
Attributed to:
Fisher Speak: Variation and Change in the Lexis of Scottish Fishing Communities
funded by
AHRC
Abstract
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Bibliographic Information
Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: Sociolinguistics in Scotland (2014)
Page Reference: 241-257
ISBN: 9781137034700