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- ISBN
- 070831516X
- EAN
- 9780708315163
- Subject Area
- Foreign Language Study
- Publication Name
- Welsh Language : a Pocket Guide
- Item Length
- 7.2 in
- Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Subject
- Celtic Languages
- Series
- Pocket Guide Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Language Course
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Item Weight
- 5.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 135 Pages
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A comprehensive introduction to the origins and development of the Welsh language from the 9th to the 20th century, in a useful pocket-volume and an easy-to-read format. 21 black-and-white photographs and illustrations and 10 maps. First published in 1999.
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Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
ISBN-10
070831516x
ISBN-13
9780708315163
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Welsh Language : a Pocket Guide
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Celtic Languages
Series
Pocket Guide Ser.
Publication Year
2005
Type
Language Course
Subject Area
Foreign Language Study
Number of Pages
135 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.2 in
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
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Pb2115
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There is in Wales a great thirst for knowledge about the Welsh language, as well as knowledge of it, as the reported popularity of Huw Edwards's recent The Story of Welsh on BBC Wales has proved. In this pocket guide, Janet Davies goes over much of the same material, but her story is informed by her own personal perspective as a person born and brought up in a predominantly English-speaking part of Wales with English as her first language. It is with this audience uppermost in mind that she has produced this easily accessible guide. However, those who consider themselves to be pretty well versed in Welsh would do well to read it, not only for the invaluable nuggets of information which will be new to them, but also in order to access a refreshingly different perspective on the 'story of Welsh'.The origins of the language are dealt with in the first chapter. The second takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride from an inscription in Early Welsh (c.810) to the census of 1951. The author's dry sense of humour bobs to the surface in the most unexpected places. In discussing the influence of Norse on the English language in comparison to Welsh, for example, she informs us that 'rotten', 'ugly' and 'husband' are Norse borrowings in English. The state of Welsh from the 1960s to the end of the 1990s, characterized by a decline in number of speakers but an increase in status, is the subject of the third chapter. In the fourth, the language is placed in its European context, and includes material which might have been more digestible if it had been included where appropriate in the preceding chapters. The final chapter gives a brief introduction to the grammatical characteristics of the language.While she reminds us that the roots of Welsh in Britain go back at least 2,500 years and that for the vast majority of that period Wales has been predominantly (monolingually) Welsh-speaking, Janet Davies reveals that English has been the spoken language of some communities in Wales for at least 800 years. In her postscript she claims provocatively that 'the future of Welsh language must depend on the ability of those who speak it to come to terms with the existence of English in Wales'. Some of us would argue that we are all too aware of its existence already. Richard CroweIt is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgement should be included: A review from www.gwales.com , with the permission of the Welsh Books Council. Gellir defnyddio'r adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com , trwy ganiat'd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements The Welsh Language - a Personal Perspective 1 The Origins of Welsh 2 The Changing Fortunes of the Language 3 The Welsh Language Today 4 Welsh and other Non-state Languages in Europe 5 A Note on the Characteristics of Welsh Postscript Further Reading Index
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
491.6/6/09
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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