List Price: $22.95 This title is still being prepared for sale and should be ready soon.  This is an extremely important book.. In fact crucial to the survival of Ullans.. Professor R.J.Gregg would have been delighted with it.. He told me that he thought that Ulster Scots would be difficult to promote, and that political misuse would destroy it, particularly if it was used as a foil to Ulster Gaelic. And that Academics would be hostile, since they had already given up on it..Professor J.C. Beckett was of a similar opinion about the Cruthin, since Cruthin means Briton in Old Irish, and saying that the Britons were the first inhabitants of Ireland to whom a definite name can be given would be anathema to the Advanced Nationalist Academic elite…They were both right..

ULSTER SCOTS

A Short Reference Grammar

Authored by Ian James Parsley
Preface by Dr Ian Adamson OBE

This book comprehensively shifts the Ulster-Scots debate on to new ground.

Accessible to everyone – from novice language learner to professional translator – it is an indispensable guide for writers of the authentic modern and literary tongue, and an exhaustive exposition of its grammar and syntax.

The text also serves as a fascinating reminder of Ulster’s position at a linguistic crossroads. It provides not just a detailed description of points of grammar and recommendations for use in writing, but also a commentary on the interrelationship between Scots, Gaelic and other Germanic dialects and languages, including as they have travelled to the New World.

This book is designed as the first compact reference grammar of any variety of Scots, focusing on Ulster usage but also covering other varieties. With its clear layout and concise explanations, it will become an invaluable reference for everyone who takes an interest in Ulster-Scots/Scotch-Irish heritage and in the languages of Scotland and Ireland.