The Welsh Language

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A History

By Janet Davies

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The Welsh Language by Janet Davies offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the Welsh language, tracing its development over at least 2,500 years. The book covers Welsh-language culture from early heroic poetry to modern media like television and pop music, explores the language's public status from the 1536 Act of Union to the Welsh Language Act of 1993, and compares Welsh with other European minority languages. It also includes a concise guide to pronunciation, dialect, and grammar.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for readers interested in language history, Welsh culture, and minority languages, as well as students and educators seeking an informative overview of the Welsh language.

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 non-state languages.

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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 around the world speak Welsh.

The Welsh Language by 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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783160198

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: University of Wales Press

Illustration: Not illustrated

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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Education & Reference Janet Davies Non-Fiction

About the Author

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