Hywel Wyn Owen - Place-Names of Wales EPUB, MOBI
9781783161645 English 1783161647 Originally published in 1998, this book offers a comprehensive account of place-names in Wales, presenting historical background and analysis alongside the latest understandings of linguistic elements and development and comparative analysis of other, similar place-names. This new edition adds some thirty place-names, while also taking account of recent research developments., 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, tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it.
9781783161645 English 1783161647 Originally published in 1998, this book offers a comprehensive account of place-names in Wales, presenting historical background and analysis alongside the latest understandings of linguistic elements and development and comparative analysis of other, similar place-names. This new edition adds some thirty place-names, while also taking account of recent research developments., 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, tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it.