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1. Scots Language

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   This era is considered the literary zenith of Scots, marked by the flourishing of courtly poetry and administrative documentation. Key linguistic shifts included the generalization of the second-person singular pronoun thou and the transition of the dental fricative /θ/ in certain positions to the affricate /t͡s/ (often transcribed as ch), particularly before /i/ or /e/.
   A notable, though now largely extinct, feature of Middle Scots was the 'Vowel Dimorphism of the Tweed', wherein words adopted from [Old…