Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Place-Names of Wales, The
Place-Names of Wales, The
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Argraffiad newydd wedi'i ddiweddaru o'r gyfrol boblogaidd The Place-Names of Wales , yn cynnwys canlyniadau pwysig yn deillio o ymchwil diweddar ynghyd â gwybodaeth am 30 o enwau ychwanegol.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current, updated publication adds some 30 places but more importantly takes advantage of recent research.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781783161645
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781783161645
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Place-Names of Wales, The
- Awdur / Author
- Owen, Hywel Wyn
- Current Price ex VAT
- £7.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £7.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2015-01-20
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 162 pages
- Size
- 129 × 198 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Herodraeth, Achyddiaeth, Enwau ac Arfbeisiau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Heraldry, Genealogy, Names, Insignia (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
Introduction Abbreviations for the pre-1974 counties of Wales Map of pre-1974 counties of Wales Place-names Further reading
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Hywel Wyn Owen is a renowned authority on the place-names of Wales, a consultant to national bodies, and a regular broadcaster.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some 30 places but more importantly takes advantage of recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates, analyses each name into its component linguistic elements with meaning, tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society, compares the name with similar names elsewhere and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. The introdution, as well as explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, has a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes. A model of concise presentation of relevant information ... it is a mine of fascinating information which will illuminate any visit to Wales or many questions of Welsh place names and is warmly welcomed and recommended. Reference Reviews
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