J. Derrick McClure

List of John Benjamins publications in which J. Derrick McClure is involved.

Titles

Doric: The dialect of North-East Scotland

J. Derrick McClure

The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and… read more

[Varieties of English Around the World, T8] 2002. vi, 219 pp.

Scots and its Literature

J. Derrick McClure

Among the topics treated in this collection are the status of Scots as a national language; the orthography of Scots; the actual and potential degree of standardisation of Scots; the debt of the vocabulary of Scots to Gaelic; the use of Scots in fictional dialogue; and the development of Scots as a… read more

[Varieties of English Around the World, G14] 1995. vi, 218 pp.

McClure, J. Derrick 2010 The distinctiveness of Scots: Perceptions and reality Varieties of English in Writing: The written word as linguistic evidence, Hickey, Raymond (ed.), pp. 99–120 | Article

The speech-forms in use at the extreme ends of the Anglo-Saxon dialect continuum eventually acquired the status of national languages in the kingdoms of Scotland and England; and though the Scottish form lost this status in the aftermath of the Union of the Crowns, the substantial differences which… read more

McClure, J. Derrick 1997 David Donald Murison (1913-1997) English World-Wide 18:2, pp. 275–277 | Miscellaneous

McClure, J. Derrick 1997 The spelling of Scots: A difficulty Englishes around the World: Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 173–184 | Article

McClure, J. Derrick 1993 Varieties of Scots in Recent and Contemporary Narrative Prose English World-Wide 14:1, pp. 1–22 | Article

McClure, J. Derrick and Manfred Görlach † 1988 A Handsel for J.K. Annand: On the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday English World-Wide 9:1, pp. 101–117 | Miscellaneous

McClure, J. Derrick 1987 'Lallans' and 'Doric' in North-Eastern Scottish Poetry English World-Wide 8:2, pp. 215–234 | Article

McClure, J. Derrick 1985 Our ain leid? The predicament of a Scots writer Focus on Scotland, Görlach, Manfred † (ed.), pp. 181–202 | Article

McClure, J. Derrick 1985 The debate on Scots orthography Focus on Scotland, Görlach, Manfred † (ed.), pp. 203–210 | Article

McClure, J. Derrick 1981 Review of Graham (1977): The Scots Word Book Language Problems and Language Planning 5:1, pp. 76–82 | Review

McClure, J. Derrick, John Thomas Low, J.K. Annand, A.D. Mackie and John J. Graham 1981 Our ain leid? The predicament of a Scots writer English World-Wide 2:1, pp. 3–28 | Article