Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century

Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century
ISBN-10
1783161787
ISBN-13
9781783161782
Category
Wales
Language
English
Published
2015-02-15
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Authors
Geraint H. Jenkins, Mari A. Williams

Description

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

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