7303.
Thomson (Derick S.) (ed.): Gaelic and Scots in harmony: proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Languages of Scotland (University of Glasgow, 1988) / edited by Derick S. Thomson.
Glasgow: Department of Celtic, University of Glasgow, 1990. 186 pp.
Rev. by
Jean Le Dû, in ÉtC 30 (1994), pp. 330-335.
Colm Ó Baoilll, in Éigse 26 (1992), pp. 198-202.
Karl Horst Schmidt, in ZCP 45 (1992), pp. 264-265.
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16198.
Bannerman (John): The Scots language and the kin-based society.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 1–19.
Discusses the use of Gaelic legal terms and concepts in Scots law.

Repr. in Kinship, church and culture, pp. 379-397.
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16199.
Nicolaisen (W. F. H.): Gaelic and Scots 1300–1600: some place-name evidence.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 20–35.
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16200.
Quick (Ian): The Scots element in the Gaelic vocabulary of domestic furnishings and utensils.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 36–42.
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16201.
Cox (Richard A. V.): Place-nomenclature in the context of the bilingual community of Lewis: status, origin and interaction.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 43–52.
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16202.
Bruford (Alan): Is tartan a Gaelic word?
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 57–71.
Suggests it derives from a Gaelic word describing the crossed pattern of the fabric (< *tarsnán or another derivative of tarsna).
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16203.
MacAulay (Donald): The development of long consonants in a dialect of Scottish Gaelic.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 72–77.
On the compensatory development of /nː/ in the dialect of Bernera, Isle of Lewis.
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16204.
Hughes (A. J.): The seventeenth-century Ulster/Scottish contention of the Red Hand: background and significance.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 78–94.
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16205.
MacKinnon (Kenneth): A century on the census: Gaelic in twentieth century focus.
In Gaelic and Scots in harmony (1990), pp. 163–183.
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