Robert Sempill the younger - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1595: Encyclopedia - 1595
1595 - Events. January 30 - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. William Shakespeare writes A Midsu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Pronunciation
Many writers now strictly avoid apostrophes where they supposedly represent "missing" English letters. Such letters were never actually m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Pronunciation
Many writers now strictly avoid apostrophes where they supposedly represent "missing" English letters. Such letters were never actually m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Language Change
After the Union of Scotland and England the issue of language became topical and foremost was the question of whether Scottish people sho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Dialects
There are at least five Scots dialects: Northern Scots, spoken north of Dundee, often split into North Northern, Mid Northern—also kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Some Grammar Features
Not all of these are exclusive to Scots and may also occur in other Anglic varieties. Scots language - The definite article. The is use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Status
Whether the varieties of Scots are dialects of Scottish English or constitute a separate language in their own right is often disputed. B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Literature
Among the earliest Scots literature is Barbour's Brus (fourteenth century). Whyntoun's Kronykil and Blind Harry's Wallace (fifteenth cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Some Grammar Features
Not all of these are exclusive to Scots and may also occur in other Anglic varieties. Scots language - The definite article. The is use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Status
Whether the varieties of Scots are dialects of English or constitute a separate language in their own right is often disputed. Before the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Origins
The Scots language descends from the northern form of the Northumbrian dialect of Middle English, which itself descended from the Northum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Language Change
After the Union of Scotland and England the issue of language became topical and foremost was the question of whether Scottish people sho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Literature
Among the earliest Scots literature is Barbour's Brus (fourteenth century). Whyntoun's Kronykil and Blind Harry's Wallace (fifteenth cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Dialects
There are at least five Scots dialects: Northern Scots, spoken north of Dundee, often split into North Northern, Mid Northern—also kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Language - Origins
The Scots language descends from the northern form of the Northumbrian dialect of Middle English, which itself descended from the Northum...   » Read the article