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J. Derrick McClure, M.A. (Glasgow), M.Litt. (Edinburgh), is a Senior Lecturer (now part-time) in the Department of English, University of Aberdeen. Publications include Why Scots Matters (1988, revised 1997), Scots and its Literature (1995), Language, Poetry and Nationhood (2000),Doric: the Dialect of North-East Scotland in the Varieties of English Around the World series (2002), the chapter English in Scotland in the Cambridge History of the English Language (Vol. 5), and over eighty articles on Scottish linguistic and literary topics in various journals, festschrifts and conference proceedings volumes.

He is Chairman of the Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster, and member of the Scottish Parliamentary Cross-Party Grou ...more

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	Why Scots Matters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kist o Skinklan Things by J. Derrick McClure (Editor), Douglas Young (Contributor), James Pittendrigh Macgillivray (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sangs tae Eimhir by J. Derrick McClure (Translator), Sorley Maclean it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Land that Lies Westward: Language and Culture in Islay and Argyll by J. Derrick McClure (Editor), John M. Kirk (Editor), Margaret Storrie (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scotland and the Lowland Tongue: Studies in the Language and Literature of Lowland Scotland by J. Derrick McClure (Editor), A.J. Aitken (Foreword), David Murison (Contributor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minority Languages in Central Scotland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bryght Lanternis: Language and Literature of Mediaeval and Renaissance Scotland by J. Derrick McClure (Editor), Michael R.G. Spiller (Editor), Roderick J. Lyall (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doric: The Dialect of North-East Scotland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language, Poetry and Nationhood: Scots as a Poetic Language from 1878 to the Present 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scots Language: Planning for Modern Usage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The Scots language is a mark of the distinctive identity of the Scottish people; and as such we should be concerned to preserve it, even if there were no other reason, because it is ours. This statement requires neither explanation nor apology.”
― J.Derrick McClure, Why Scots Matters

tags: language-learning, languages-and-culture, national-identity, scotch, scotland, scots, scots-leid, scottish

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