The Welsh language ([A pocket guide]) - Softcover

Davies, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 070831211X ISBN 13: 9780708312117

Publisher: University of Wales, 1993

Synopsis

This accessible and comprehensive introduction traces the development of the Welsh language from its origins, which extend back at least 2,500 years within Britain, to the present day, when about half a million people speak Welsh. Janet Davies offers a broad historical survey, looking at Welsh-language culture from sixth-century heroic poetry to television and pop music in the late twentieth century.  She considers the public status of the language from the Act of Union with England of 1536 to the enactment of the Welsh Language Act in 1993, compares the status of Welsh with that of other minority languages throughout Europe and provides a brief guide to pronunciation, dialect and grammar.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet Davies is co-editor of Mercator Media Guide: v.1.

Language Notes:

Text: Welsh, English

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wales
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 070831211X
• ISBN 13: 9780708312117
• Binding: Paperback