Author: J. W. Aitchison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Welsh Language, 1961-1981
Author: J. W. Aitchison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A Geography of the Welsh Language 1961-1991
Author: J. W. Aitchison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A map-based analysis of patterns of language change, specifically the Welsh language. The volume concludes that the prime influences on the language derive from the large-scale socio-economic changes which have taken place in western society as a whole since the end of World War II.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A map-based analysis of patterns of language change, specifically the Welsh language. The volume concludes that the prime influences on the language derive from the large-scale socio-economic changes which have taken place in western society as a whole since the end of World War II.
The Celtic World
Author: Miranda Green
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113563243X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology, language, literature, towns, warfare, rural life, art, religion and myth, trade and industry, political organisations, society and technology. The Celtic World draws together material from all over pagan Celtic Europe and includes contributions from British, European and American scholars. Much of the material is new research which is previously unpublished. The book addresses some important issues - Who were the ancient Celts? Can we speak of them as the first Europeans? In what form does the Celtic identity exist today and how does this relate to the ancient Celts? For anyone interested in the Celts, and for students and academics alike, The Celtic World will be a valuable resource and a fascinating read.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113563243X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology, language, literature, towns, warfare, rural life, art, religion and myth, trade and industry, political organisations, society and technology. The Celtic World draws together material from all over pagan Celtic Europe and includes contributions from British, European and American scholars. Much of the material is new research which is previously unpublished. The book addresses some important issues - Who were the ancient Celts? Can we speak of them as the first Europeans? In what form does the Celtic identity exist today and how does this relate to the ancient Celts? For anyone interested in the Celts, and for students and academics alike, The Celtic World will be a valuable resource and a fascinating read.
The Welsh Language
Author: Janet Davies
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161299
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783161299
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
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.
Called Unto Liberty!
Author: Colin H. Williams
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853591976
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This books examines the implications of language-related conflict and of nationalist mobilisation and analyses the appeal of national liberty for people whose national culture is itself challenged by structural and political changes in the global economy.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853591976
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This books examines the implications of language-related conflict and of nationalist mobilisation and analyses the appeal of national liberty for people whose national culture is itself challenged by structural and political changes in the global economy.
The Use of Welsh
Author: Martin John Ball
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028989
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028989
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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.
Language in Geographic Context
Author: Colin H. Williams
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853590016
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book contains key research in the developing field of geolinguistics. It examines the main relationships in the study of language and territory, namely the social context of linguistic communities, the principles and methods of geolinguistic and the translation of these principles into government action and policy in multilingual societies.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853590016
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book contains key research in the developing field of geolinguistics. It examines the main relationships in the study of language and territory, namely the social context of linguistic communities, the principles and methods of geolinguistic and the translation of these principles into government action and policy in multilingual societies.
Spreading the Word
Author: John Aitchison
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 9780862437145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 9780862437145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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.
'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop Music
Author: Sarah Hill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351573454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
In the 1960s, Welsh-language popular music emerged as a vehicle for mobilizing a geographically dispersed community into political action. As the decades progressed, Welsh popular music developed beyond its acoustic folk roots, adopting the various styles of contemporary popular music, and ultimately gaining the cultural self-confidence to compete in the Anglo-American mainstream market. The resulting tensions, between Welsh and English, amateur and professional, rural and urban, the local and the international, necessitate the understanding of Welsh pop as part of a much larger cultural process. Not merely a 'Celtic' issue, the cultural struggles faced by Welsh speakers in a predominantly Anglophone environment are similar to those faced by innumerable other minority communities enduring political, social or linguistic domination. The aim of 'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop Music is to explore the popular music which accompanied those struggles, to connect Wales to the larger Anglo-American popular culture, and to consider the shift in power from the dominant to the minority, the centre to the periphery. By surveying the development of Welsh-language popular music from 1945-2000, 'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop examines those moments of crisis in Welsh cultural life which signalled a burgeoning sense of national identity, which challenged paradigms of linguistic belonging, and out of which emerged new expressions of Welshness.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351573454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
In the 1960s, Welsh-language popular music emerged as a vehicle for mobilizing a geographically dispersed community into political action. As the decades progressed, Welsh popular music developed beyond its acoustic folk roots, adopting the various styles of contemporary popular music, and ultimately gaining the cultural self-confidence to compete in the Anglo-American mainstream market. The resulting tensions, between Welsh and English, amateur and professional, rural and urban, the local and the international, necessitate the understanding of Welsh pop as part of a much larger cultural process. Not merely a 'Celtic' issue, the cultural struggles faced by Welsh speakers in a predominantly Anglophone environment are similar to those faced by innumerable other minority communities enduring political, social or linguistic domination. The aim of 'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop Music is to explore the popular music which accompanied those struggles, to connect Wales to the larger Anglo-American popular culture, and to consider the shift in power from the dominant to the minority, the centre to the periphery. By surveying the development of Welsh-language popular music from 1945-2000, 'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop examines those moments of crisis in Welsh cultural life which signalled a burgeoning sense of national identity, which challenged paradigms of linguistic belonging, and out of which emerged new expressions of Welshness.
A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990
Author: Philip Jenkins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131787269X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History of Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant regional differences within the principality.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131787269X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History of Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant regional differences within the principality.