Scottish Borders, Linguistic Boundaries and «The Border»

• Ian Brown ^[1]
  1. [1] Kingston University

     Kingston University

     Kingston upon Thames, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: De fronteres i arts escèniques / coord. por Núria Santamaria, Francesc Foguet i Boreu, 2015, ISBN 978-84-943779-0-7, págs. 503-515
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Borders within Scotland, both of strongly-defined regions and of linguistic boundaries, chiefly between Gaelic, Scots and English, recognise differences and distinctions exist within a polity within which the capitalised term «The Border» is quite specifically related to the Scottish/English border. The multiplicity of such borders and theirtransgression mark the importance of liminality and fluidity of identities in modern Scottish culture