SCOTS LEID ASSOCIE

Wunnerin fit tae gie fowk for Yuletide? Why no gie ae gift o ae year's memmershup tae the Scots Leid Associe? Pey by PayPal the dey an Lallans 83 will be posted oot next week til thaim alang wi ae wee cairdie. See HERE fur mair.

Walcom tae the online hame o the Scots Leid Associe which haes amang its objects tae forder an uphaud the Scots leid an tae gie a heize tae Scots leiterature an tradeitional music. For mair anent jynin see FAQs.

The Scots Leid Associe wis foondit in 1972 an aye ettles tae pit forrit a feckfu case for the Scots language in formal, informal and ilka day uiss. Scots wis aince the state language o Scotland an is aye a grace til oor national leiterature. It lies at the hert o Scotland's heirskep as ane o wir three indigenous leids alang wi Gaelic an Scottish Inglis.

The Associe furthsets the bi-annual journal Lallans, a 128-page magazine for writin in Scots (free til Associe memmers). See Lallans. Oor Annual haes been addressed by kenspeckle writers, actors, journalists, musicians, televeision presenters, scholars an ithers. We haud competeitions tae attract baith adults an bairns tae try thair haun at writin in Scots. Scotsoun CDs can be ordered throu this wabsteid. See Scotsoun.

We've had a request for a link to a short sociolinguistic questionnaire examining the use of Discourse Markers (short words like oh, well and like) in Scots by a PhD student of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Augsburg, Germany. “Ever since my stay as an assistant teacher in Glasgow, I have been captivated by the charming and colourful dialects spoken in Scotland, which is why I have decided to dedicate a large part of my PhD project to spoken Scottish English.” To participate please go to Discourse Markers.

The Associe is a cherity registrate in Scotland CR 10286.