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Lectures on Welsh Philology

Lectures on Welsh Philology

Lectures on Welsh Philology

John Rhys
August 2017
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9781108079174
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    'The substance of these lectures', John Rhys states in his preface, 'was delivered at Aberystwyth College in 1874 … but it is hoped that they will also be found intelligible to other than Welsh readers'. Rhys (originally Rees, 1840–1915) had been a student of Jesus College, Oxford, and his interest in linguistics was fired by attending the lectures of German philologists while studying abroad in summer vacations. This 1877 work established him as a scholar, and led to his election as the first professor of Celtic languages at Oxford, and later as principal of Jesus College. Systematic research on Celtic languages using the methods of comparative philology was in its infancy when Rhys was writing, and he emphasises that the new discipline was in a state of flux, but this pioneering work still repays study today. His two-volume Celtic Folklore and his historical work Celtic Britain are also reissued in this series.

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    August 2017
    Paperback
    9781108079174
    476 pages
    218 × 140 × 28 mm
    0.63kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Introductory sketch of glottology
    • 2. Welsh consonants
    • 3. Welsh vowels
    • 4. A sketch of the history of the Welsh language
    • 5. History of the Welsh alphabet
    • 6. Ogams and Ogmic inscriptions
    • 7. An attempt to reconstruct the history of the Ogmic alphabet
    • Appendices
    • Additions and corrections
    • Index.
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    • John Rhys

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