The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary
Author: Bruce Griffiths and Dafydd Jones Series: University of Wales Press - Political Portraits
This English-Welsh dictionary - modelled on the "Harrap Shorter French" dictionary - includes synonyms; illustrative quotations; idioms; accentuation; specialist and technical terms; regional variants; literary and colloquial registers; as well as place-names and personal names.
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This English-Welsh dictionary - modelled on the "Harrap Shorter French" dictionary - includes synonyms; illustrative quotations; idioms; accentuation; specialist and technical terms; regional variants; literary and colloquial registers; as well as place-names and personal names.
Description
This volume represents the most comprehensive English-Welsh dictionary ever compiled. It opens up the immense resources of a language which not only carries a rich cultural heritage but is changing and adapting to meet increasing use in public administration, the media, education and commercial life. This dictionary is indispensable for learners and first-language speakers of Welsh alike and should find a place in homes, schools and offices throughout Wales; also in libraries and universities world-wide.
Critic Reviews
'A Milestone for the Welsh language.' Independent on Sunday 'The Welsh Academy Dictionary is splendidly copious. This is an ambitious, thorough-going and markedly successful work.' The Times Higher Education Supplement.
About the Author
Dr Bruce Griffiths is a scholar and lexicographer and Editor of the Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary. Dafydd Glyn Jones is a Welsh scholar and lexicographer, and worked as a senior lecturer in Welsh language and literature at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written a number of articles on Welsh literature and history.
The most comprehensive English-Welsh dictionary ever compiled including synonyms, illustrative quotations, idioms, specialist and technical terms etc. together with a concise morphology of the Welsh language. First published in 1995. An edition with amendments and additions.
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