Perspectives on the Older Scottish Tongue.(Book review) From: Scottish Language | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Yoneyama, Yuko | COPYRIGHT 2006 Association for Scottish Literary Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PERSPECTIVES ON THE OLDER SCOTTISH TONGUE. Edited by Christian J. Kay and Margaret A. Mackay. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. ISBN 0 7486 2281 0. 25 [pounds sterling] (hbk).

This volume marks the completion of the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) in 2002, and consists of essays by scholars who have had strong connections in their respective fields with Older Scots. DOST and its sister dictionary, the Scottish National Dictionary (SND), complete...

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