Author: Heini Gruffudd
Publisher: Ylolfa
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780862434472
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A guide to the basics of the Welsh language- A collection of useful spoken Welsh words, phrases and sentences for Welsh learners in everyday situations, together with Welsh-English and English-Welsh glossaries.
Author: Janet Davies
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2014-01-15
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 1783161299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: William Owen Pughe
Publisher: William Owen Pughe
Published: 2022-04-23
Total Pages: 790
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →William Owen Pughe, A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Vol. II; London: Printed for E. Williams, 1803.
Author: Megan S. Lloyd
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780739117606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Geraint Talfan Davies
Publisher: Institute of Welsh Affairs
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 1904773427
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →17 personal statements by people who have contributed to broadcasting in English for Wales. As the UK government decides on the future of public service broadcasting, this book reminds us that television's mirror to the Welsh nation must not be further clouded, let alone discarded.