Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press

The Place-Names of Wales

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Awdur: Hywel Wyn Owen

ISBN: 9781783161645
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi: 20 Ionawr 2015
Cyhoeddwr: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Fformat: Clawr Meddal, 198x129 mm, 162 tudalen
Iaith: Saesneg

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.

Darparwyd yr isod gan y Cyhoeddwr:

Tabl Cynnwys:

Introduction
Abbreviations for the pre-1974 counties of Wales
Map of pre-1974 counties of Wales
Place-names
Further reading

Bywgraffiad Awdur:

Hywel Wyn Owen is a renowned authority on the place-names of Wales, a consultant to national bodies, and a regular broadcaster.

Gwybodaeth Bellach:

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.