Modern Welsh : a comprehensive grammar / Gareth King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Gareth, 1955- author.

Series:

Routledge comprehensive grammars

Routledge Comprehensive Grammars

Language:

English

Welsh

Subjects (All):

Welsh language--Grammar.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 519 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Grammar Section 1

Sounds and spelling 1-2 3

Mutations in Welsh 3-12 7

Word order and sentence structure 13-21 16

Focused sentences 17-21 21

Articles 22-33 26

Nouns 34-92 34

Gender 42-53 40

Determination of gender by meaning 46-49 42

Determination of gender by form 50-51 45

Noun number 54-92 49

Singular/plural nouns 56-89 51

Collective/unit nouns 90-92 74

Adjectives 93-118 78

Possessive adjectives 109-114 93

Pronouns 119-159 105

Personal pronouns 120-131 105

Reflexive pronouns 132-135 113

Demonstrative pronouns 136-138 116

Interrogative pronouns 139-141 119

Miscellaneous 142-159 123

Numerals and quantifiers 160-197 135

Verbs 198-398 161

The tense system of the Welsh verb 210-217 168

Bod-'be'218-259 175

Periphrastic tenses 262-289 206

Inflected tenses 290-347 224

The preterite tense 292-303 225

The future tense 304-313 235

Future tense: Inflected (I) or Periphrastic (II)? 309-313 239

The conditional tense 314-320 242

Modals 326-360 248

Unreality endings with other verbs 343-347 260

Non-verbal modals 348-360 263

Passive 361-376 272

Imperative 377-387 282

Adverbs and adverbials 399-442 297

Prepositions 443-476 335

Compound prepositions 475-476 372

Complex sentences 477-497 374

Relative complex sentences 479-485 376

Indirect complex sentences 486-497 382

Conjunctions 498-513 393

Co-ordinating conjunctions 510-513 400

Functions and Situations 405

I General greetings 407

II Leavetaking 407

III Attracting attention 408

IV Seasonal greetings 409

V Personal greetings and congratulations 409

VI Good wishes 410

VII Introductions 412

VIII Eating and drinking 413

IX Giving and receiving compliments 414

X Commiserations 416

XI Giving and receiving thanks 417

XII Apologies 419

XIII Asking for and giving help 421

XIV Asking and giving advice 423

XV Asking for something to be done 424

XVI Expressing needs, wishes and desires 426

XVII Expressing objections and complaints 428

XVIII Giving and seeking promises and assurances 430

XIX Issuing, accepting and declining invitations and offers 432

XX Seeking, granting and denying permission 435

XXI Making, accepting and declining suggestions 437

XXII Issuing and responding to warnings 439

XXIII Asserting and denying the truth of something 441

XXIV Remembering and forgetting 443

XXV Expressing future intentions 444

XXVI Expressing likes and dislikes 446

XXVII Indicating and asking about preferences 447

XXVIII Expressing indifference 449

XXIX Voicing opinion 449

XXX Expressing agreement and disagreement 452

XXXI Expressing happiness, fear and sadness 454

XXXII Expressing hopes and disappointment 456

XXXIII Expressing surprise 457

XXXIV Expressing enjoyment and pleasure 458

XXXV Asking for and giving directions 459

XXXVI Dealing with money 461

XXXVII Talking about health and illness 464

English words causing particular translation problems 466

XXXVIII Translation of have 466

XXXIX Translation of take 469

XL Translation of other miscellaneous problem words 470

Affirmative and negative responses 473

XLI Yes and no 473

XLII Do/naddo 475

XLIII Ie/nage 475

XLIV Words differing in North and South Wales 476

XLV Using fillers 477

XLVI Keeping the channel open 478

XLVII Asking for spoken linguistic cues 480

XLVIII Shaping the course of the conversation 482

A Summary of mutations 489

B Verb: tense arrays 490

C Verb: regular paradigm 495

D Welsh linguistic and grammatical terms 502.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138826298

1138826294

9781138826304

1138826308

OCLC:

921028801