The Welsh Language in Cardiff
A History of Survival
- Schrijver: Owen John Thomas (Wales)
- Soort boek: non-fictie
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Y Lolfa
- Verschijnt: 27 januari 2021
- Omvang: 176 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Paperback
Flaptekst van het boek over de taal van Cardiff
Author Owen John Thomas, Cardiff born and bred, has used a wide variety of sources, including personal and field names, court records, diaries and legal documents to research the use of Welsh in the Cardiff parishes. With the evidence found, the author shows conclusively that while the Welsh and English languages waxed and waned in the small walled town of Cardiff, both have always been present. And even as late as the early 20th century, Welsh was the majority language in some communities that make up the city.
Moreover, in The Welsh Language in Cardiff we learn that Cardiff’s labouring classes and prostitutes living out their lives in the slums spoke Welsh, as well as the city’s middle class and sober chapel-going Nonconformists.