'Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue'

The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century

AvGeraint H Jenkins,Mari A Williams

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This is an authoritative and thorough analysis of the fortunes of the Welsh language in the most tumultuous period of its history. Twenty-one chapters discuss not only the numerical and territorial decline of Welsh but also its struggle for official recognition and its role in a wide variety of social domains. Of all the memorable phrases coined in the twentieth century, none has had greater resonance for the Welsh speaker than ‘Tynged yr Iaith’ (The Fate of the Language), and this volume provides a stimulating commentary on the processes of linguistic change, decay and revival experienced by the oldest spoken language in Britain. The fruit of the second major research project of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies of the University of Wales, this volume will interest and intrigue the general public as well as specialists in the field and help readers to familiarize themselves with the history of a language which, over the centuries, has been an integral part of the everyday life of the Welsh people and their sense of nationhood.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-15
Mått:160 x 230 x 40 mm
Vikt:1 161 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Social History of the Welsh Language
Antal sidor:675
Upplaga:2
Förlag:University of Wales Press
ISBN:9781783161782

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Innehållsförteckning

1. The Fortunes of the Welsh Language 1900-200: IntroductionGeraint H. Jenkins and Mari A. Williams2. The Welsh Language and the Geographical Imagination 1918-1950Prys Gruffudd3. Women and the Welsh Language in the Industrial Valleys of South Wales 1914-1945Mari A. Williams4. The Welsh Language Movement in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: An Exercise in Quiet RevolutionsMarion Löffler5. The Legal Status of the Welsh Language in the Twentieth CenturyGwilym Prys Davies6. The Attitude of Political Parties towards the Welsh LanguageJ. Graham Jones7. Journalism and the Welsh LanguageRobert Smith8. Broadcasting and the Welsh LanguageRobert Smith9. The British State and Welsh-Language Education 1914-1991W. Gareth Evans10. The Welsh Language and ReligionD. Densil Morgan11. Welsh Literature sine 1914R. Gerallt Jones12. The Riches of the Past? Recording Welsh DialectsBeth Thomas13. The War of the Tongues: Early Anglo-Welsh Responses to Welsh Literary CultureJohn Harris14. The History of the Welsh Language Society 1962-1998Dylan Phillips15. The Welsh Language Movement and Bilingualism: What can Local Organizations Achieve?Marion Löffler16. We’ll Keep a Welcome? The Effects of Tourism on the Welsh LanguageDylan Phillips17. The Welsh Language and Agricultural Communities in the Twentieth CenturyGareth Hughes, Peter Midmore and Anne-Marie Sherwood18. The Welsh Language and Local Authority Planning in Gwynedd 1974-1995Delyth Morris19. The Other Celtic Languages in the Twentieth CenturyGlanville Price20. Lesser-used Languages and Linguistic: Minorities in Europe since 1918: An OverviewRobin Okey21. Restoring the LanguageColin H. Williams