A Grammar Of The Welsh Language Based On The Most Approved Systems With Copious Examples From Some Of The Most Correct Welsh Writers

Author : Thomas Rowland
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330416600
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of the Welsh Language Based on the Most Approved Systems written by Thomas Rowland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Grammar of the Welsh Language Based on the Most Approved Systems: With Copious Examples From Some of the Most Correct Welsh Writers This Essay, independently of its intrinsic worth, merits great praise, as being the first regular attempt to explain the principles of Welsh Syntax. In giving definitions of points belonging to universal Grammar, and in exhibiting correspondence of idiom between the Welsh and the Latin and Greek languages, much help was also derived from Zumpt, Key, Arnold, Matthiæ, and Kühner. All will allow that a Welsh Grammar, superior to any of those that have been hitherto published, is very much needed; but whether the present Work surpasses its predecessors, must be determined by the reader. It will be seen, there is no doubt, that many deficiencies exist in this production, and that its shortcomings are numerous. However, should a second edition be called for, it is hoped that these deficiencies may be amended, mistakes rectified, and many observations added which have now been omitted, owing partly to want of time, and partly to want of knowledge. And with this view it would be deemed a kindness if Welsh critics would, either publicly or privately, favour me with hints, emendations, and remarks, so that I may be enabled to send forth a second edition more systematic, more perfect, and more complete. It is my duty to state that I am under very great obligations to the Rev. Thomas Briscoe, B. D., Vice-Principal and Tutor of Jesus College, Oxford, for the kind assistance he has rendered me, both in looking over the Work before it was sent to the Printer, and in correcting the proof-sheets while passing through the press. Were it not for him, and the Rev. William Briscoe, M. A., Fellow of Jesus College, it is doubtful whether the book would ever have been published: and if the reader derives any benefit from the Grammar, he, no doubt, will join me in acknowledging our gratitude to these two Gentlemen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.