Welsh in the Twenty-First Century

Delyth Morris

Description

"This book analyzes the state of the Welsh language at the beginning of the twenty-first century, with contributions from leading scholars in the fields of sociology and language policy. The intention is to update our current understanding of Welsh as a living language; how its use, learning, understanding teaching, evolution and promulgation are developing in the brave new world of the twenty-first century where Welsh is spreading to the internet, electronic dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

Sujets

• Disciplines
• Language Arts
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Idioma galés
• Linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Welsh

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 17 juin 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780708323007
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Welsh in the Twenty-First Century

edited by Delyth Morris

University of Wales Press

WELSH IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

WELSH IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Edited by Delyth Morris

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2010

Er cof am fy nhad a mam, Arthur a Catherine Lloyd, Bryngwran

© Delyth Morris, 2010

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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-0-7083-2299-4 e-ISBN 978-0-7083-2300-7

The right of Delyth Morris to be identified as copyright holder of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77, 78 and 79 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Foreword Padraig Ó Riagáin

Introduction Delyth Morris

Contents

Language, Meaning and the Knowledge Economy Glyn Williams

From Act to Action in Wales Colin H. Williams

Increasing Bilingualism in Bilingual Education Colin Baker

Young People and their Use of the Welsh Language Delyth Morris

Children’s Acquisition of Welsh in a Bilingual Setting: A Psycholinguistic Perspective Enlli Môn Thomas and Robert Mayr

Welsh Speakers: Age Profile and Out-Migration Hywel M. Jones

Attitudes to Language and Bilingualism among English In-Migrants to North Wales Howard Davis, Graham Day and Angela Drakakis-Smith

Index

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