Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots

Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots

Author: Susan Rennie

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-06-07

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 019963940X

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The first account of the making of John Jamieson's pioneering Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language first published between 1808 and 1825. Susan Rennie describes Jamieson's work and methods interweaving her account with biography and linguistic, social, and book history to present a rounded picture of the man, his work, and his times.