The Use Of Welsh

Author : Janet Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783160204

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The Welsh Language by Janet Davies Pdf

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 : Martin John Ball
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0905028988

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The Use of Welsh by Martin John Ball Pdf

This book explores patterns of marked variation in the use of the Welsh language, looking at them from the linguistic viewpoint -- variation at different levels of language, and from the sociolinguistic viewpoint -- regional and social varieties.

Author : Geraint H. Jenkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UCSC:32106014648601

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The Welsh Language Before the Industrial Revolution by Geraint H. Jenkins Pdf

The Welsh language is the oldest living European language. This volume surveys the social history of the language in modern times. Its political status is considered, together with the use of Welsh in the courts, and in religion, education and scholarship. The promotion of the status of Welsh is also discussed, to counteract the stigma attached to it by the language clause of 1536.

Author : Heli Paulasto,Rob Penhallurick,Benjamin Jones
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614512721

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Welsh English by Heli Paulasto,Rob Penhallurick,Benjamin Jones Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive, research-based description of the development, structure, and use of Welsh English, a contact-induced variety of English spoken in the British Isles. Present-day accents and dialects of Welsh English are the combined outcome of historical language shift from Welsh to English, continued bilingualism, intense contacts between Wales and England, and multicultural immigration. As a result, Welsh English is a distinctive, regionally and sociolinguistically diverse variety, whose status is not easily categorized. In addition to existing research, the present volume utilizes a wide range of spoken corpus data gathered from across Wales in order to describe the phonology, lexis, and grammar of the variety. It includes discussion of sociolinguistic and cultural contexts, and of ongoing change in Welsh English. The place that Welsh English occupies in relation to other Englishes in the Inner and Outer Circles is also analysed. The book is accessible to the non-specialist, but of particular use to scholars, teachers, and students interested in English in Wales, Britain, and the world. It provides an unparelleled resource on this long-standing and vibrant variety.

Author : Delyth Morris
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780708323007

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Welsh in the Twenty-First Century by Delyth Morris Pdf

"This book analyzes the state of the Welsh language at the beginning of the twenty-first century, with contributions from leading scholars in the fields of sociology and language policy. The intention is to update our current understanding of Welsh as a living language; how its use, learning, understanding teaching, evolution and promulgation are developing in the brave new world of the twenty-first century where Welsh is spreading to the internet, electronic dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

Author : Diarmait Mac Golla Chríost
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783169061

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The Welsh Language Commissioner in Context by Diarmait Mac Golla Chríost Pdf

it is the first book on the subject much of the research data provides a unique insight to the development of government policy and is exclusive to this book several of the research results are quite striking and will be of great interest to academics and policy actors alike

Author : Jean Lyon
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853593176

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Becoming Bilingual by Jean Lyon Pdf

Explores the processes of monolingual language development in pre-school children. Following an overview of child bilingualism, this book looks at the influence of the child's family environment and the factors which predict the language use of the child.

Author : E E. Sylvester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : BL:A0026140744

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A geographical guide to England & Wales, for the use of schools by E E. Sylvester Pdf

Author : Glyn Williams,Delyth Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UCSC:32106012442833

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Language Planning and Language Use by Glyn Williams,Delyth Morris Pdf

This is a detailed analysis of Welsh-language use, based on data collected in 1996. It is one of the first detailed empirical studies of a European minority language, and brings to the analysis an innovative and challenging blend of philosophy, sociolinguistics, history and economics.

Author : Martin J. Ball,Nicole Müller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134969333

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Mutation in Welsh by Martin J. Ball,Nicole Müller Pdf

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Heini Gruffudd
Publisher : Ylolfa
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0862433630

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The Welsh Learner's Dictionary by Heini Gruffudd Pdf

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 : Sattar Izwaini
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443876872

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Papers in Translation Studies by Sattar Izwaini Pdf

This book presents cutting-edge research in translation studies, offering stimulating discussions on translation and providing fresh perspectives on the field. Papers in Translation Studies features a selection of papers originally authored for this volume, addressing a variety of issues from different points of view and offering interesting contributions to the critical literature of the field. The volume provides useful resources that will be of great benefit for academics, students and practitioners. The contributions to this book promote research on translation theory and practice, and suggest ways of dealing with translation problems. The volume chapters are written by researchers from around the world, and consider various different languages and contexts. Areas of investigation include contrastive linguistics and translation, corpus-based translation studies, natural language processing, machine translation, and translator training.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Mythology, Celtic
ISBN : OXFORD:300003089

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The Mabinogion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eryn M. White
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786835802

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The Welsh Methodist Society by Eryn M. White Pdf

The evangelical or Methodist revival had a major impact on Welsh religion, society and culture, leading to the unprecedented growth of Nonconformity by the nineteenth century, which established a very clear difference between Wales and England in religious terms. Since the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist movement did not split from the Church to form a separate denomination until 1811, it existed in its early years solely as a collection of local society meetings. By focusing on the early societies in south-west Wales, this study examines the grass roots of the eighteenth-century Methodist movement, identifying the features that led to its subsequent remarkable success. At the heart of the book lie the experiences of the men and women who were members of the societies, along with their social and economic background and the factors that attracted them to the Methodist cause.

Author : Janet Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783161294

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The Welsh Language by Janet Davies Pdf

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.