[PDF] The Welsh Language eBook

Author : Janet Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 16,95 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783160209

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The existence of the Welsh-language can come as a surprise to those who assume that English is the foundation language of Britain. However, J. R. R. Tolkien described Welsh as the 'senior language of the men of Britain'. Visitors from outside Wales may be intrigued by the existence of Welsh and will want to find out how a language which has, for at least fifteen hundred years, been the closest neighbour of English, enjoys such vibrancy, bearing in mind that English has obliterated languages thousands of miles from the coasts of England. This book offers a broad historical survey of Welsh-language culture from sixth-century heroic poetry to television and pop culture in the early twenty-first century. The public status of the language is considered and the role of Welsh is compared with the roles of other of the non-state languages of Europe. This new edition of The Welsh Language offers a full assessment of the implications of the linguistic statistics produced by the 2011 Census. The volume contains maps and plans showing the demographic and geographic spread of Welsh over the ages, charts examining the links between words in Welsh and those in other Indo-European languages, and illustrations of key publications and figures in the history of the language. It concludes with brief guides to the pronunciation, the dialects and the grammar of Welsh.

Author : Janet Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783161299

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The existence of the Welsh-language can come as a surprise to those who assume that English is the foundation language of Britain. However, J. R. R. Tolkien described Welsh as the ‘senior language of the men of Britain’. Visitors from outside Wales may be intrigued by the existence of Welsh and will want to find out how a language which has, for at least fifteen hundred years, been the closest neighbour of English, enjoys such vibrancy, bearing in mind that English has obliterated languages thousands of miles from the coasts of England.

Author : Megan S. Lloyd
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,49 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780739117606

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From the quarrelling captains in Henry V, to the linguistically challenged lovers in I Henry IV, to the monoglot vocalist Lady Mortimer, to the proud Sir Hugh Evans, Shakespeare offers Welsh characters whose voices, language use, and presence help reflect a sometimes marginalized aspect of British identity. "Speak It in Welsh" Wales and the Welsh Language in Shakespeare seeks to understand why Shakespeare included the Welsh voice in his plays.

Author : Robert Davis
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781988747187

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The ultimate "think before you ink" guide to accurate Welsh tattoos. Written by fluent speakers of Welsh, the Celtic language of Wales, the book features tips on how to incorporate the Welsh language into a tattoo design that honours and supports the culture, illustrations of Welsh "tattoos nightmares" to avoid, a history of the Welsh language; and a glossary of 400 Welsh words and phrases suitable for tattoos and crafts. Please note that the book does not contain artwork.

Author : Heini Gruffudd
Publisher : Ylolfa
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780862433635

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At last, a full, no-gimmick dictionary with 20,000 words and phrases. It has what learners really need: plenty of examples of words and phrases in context.

Author : John Aitchison
Publisher : Y Lolfa
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780862437145

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The Welsh language and the 2001 census - an analysis of the state of the Welsh language at a crucial turning point in its long history.

Author : Dawn Knight
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030818586

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This book aims to provide a micro-level, working model of a methodological approach and practical guidelines for building a corpus, informed by the work on the CorCenCC project (Corpws Cenedlaethol Cymraeg Cyfoes - the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh). It focuses specifically on the development of detailed design frames for corpora across communicative modes (spoken, written and e-language), and the practical processes involved in the planning, collection, transcription, collation and (re)presentation of language data. The book is designed to be of significant value and relevance to those interested in critically engaging with corpus methodology. Although Welsh is the language under discussion, the processes and approaches discussed in the building of CorCenCC can be applied to a lesser or greater extent to other language contexts. This book provides a working model, and an account of how to build a corpus dataset from which step by step guidelines for creating other linguistic corpora in any language can be easily extrapolated. It will be of value to students and scholars of minority languages and corpus linguistics.

Author : J. Gwynfor Jones
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 1994-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0333552601

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Despite significant social and economic changes and the material advancement of the gentry, this period saw the survival of the Welsh language and its culture, of older concepts of gentility and many conservative features in the daily life and activity of all ranks in the community.

Author : Lady Charlotte Guest
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,70 MB
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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The Mabinogion is the earliest prose literature of Britain and it contains Arthurian tales, Welsh romances and other Celtic legends and myths. The meaning Mabinogi is obscure, but it clearly roots in the word 'mab' for son, child, young person: this is to be seen in the naming convention 'son of' in genealogies. The tales are: The Lady of the Fountain Peredur the Son of Evrawc Geraint the son of Erbin Kilhwch and Olwen The dream of Rhonabwy Pwyll Prince of Dyved Branwen the daughter of Llyr Manawyddan the son of Llyr Math the son of Mathonwy The dream of Maxen Wledig The story of Lludd and Llevelys Taliesin