Fwd: 18.2796, Confs: Historical Ling; Socioling; Gaelic, Irish; Gaelic, Scottish/UK

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

FYI - There's an upcoming confreence in Perth in 
Dec 2008 with presentations on Scottish Gaelic 
place names.

See details below.

Elizabeth

>LINGUIST List: Vol-18-2796. Wed Sep 26 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.
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>Subject: 18.2796, Confs: Historical Ling; 
>Socioling; Gaelic, Irish; Gaelic, Scottish/UK
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>Date: 25-Sep-2007
>From: Robert Millar < r.millar at abdn.ac.uk >
>Subject: Language, History and Place
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>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:24:44
>From: Robert Millar [r.millar at abdn.ac.uk]
>Subject:  Language, History and Place
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>Language, History and Place
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>Date: 08-Dec-2007 - 08-Dec-2007
>Location: Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
>Contact: Derrick McClure
>Contact Email: j.d.mcclure at abdn.ac.uk
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>Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
>
>Subject Language(s):
>                      Gaelic, Irish (gle)
>                      Gaelic, Scottish (gla)
>                      Scots (sco)
>                      Norn (nrn)
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>Meeting Description:
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>A one-day conference on the connections between historical linguistics and
>place-name studies.
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>10.00: 
>The role of onomastics in historical linguistics.               
>Carole Hough
>
>10.40: 
>Words, names and culture: place names and the Scots language.                 
>                                                            Maggie Scott
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>11.20:            
>Tea and coffee.
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>11.40: 
>Gadderin place-name hentilagets [in Shetland].                      
>Doreen Waugh
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>12.20. 
>Annual General Meeting of the Forum for Research in the Languages
>of Scotland and Ulster.
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>Agenda.
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>1.  Chairman's Report
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>2.  Treasurer's Report
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>3.  Proposed Web publication series
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>4.  Ninth International Conference on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster,
>Orkney College 2009: report on plans
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>5.  AOB.
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>1.00:
>Launch of Lough Neagh Places: Their Names and Origins
>Patrick McKay and Kay Muhr.
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>1.30:              
>Lunch.
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>2.30:
>Passing places: bilingual signs in Gaelic planning and research.      
>Peadar Morgan
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>3.10:
>Names in the north of Ireland: spelling, sound and sense. 
>Kay Muhr
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>3.50:               
>Tea and coffee.
>
>4.10:
>General discussion: onomastics and linguistics.
>
>5.00:
>Conference skails.
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