Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar

By Gareth King

Book Overview

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar is the ideal reference source for all speakers and learners of Welsh. Focusing on contemporary spoken Welsh, it presents the complexities of the language in a concise and readable form. Common grammatical patterns and parts of speech are discussed in detail and without jargon and extensive cross references make the book comprehensive and easy to use.

Now in its third edition, the Grammar has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout. Changes include an increased number of illustrative examples, additional appendices for easy reference, inclusion of IPA phonetic symbols, and expanded sections on further reading.

Features include:

Full use of authentic examples

Particular attention to areas of confusion and difficulty

Extensive index and cross referencing

Initial consonant mutations marked throughout

Separate sections on communicative functions

Notes on variation between dialects and on formal written language

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar is the most thorough, detailed and user-friendly Welsh grammar available in English today. It is suitable for use in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes at all levels and will, as its predecessors, prove an invaluable aid for Welsh language learning and teaching.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138826294
• ISBN13: 9781138826298
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"