A native of Cardiganshire, Iwan Wmffre is a historian and a linguist whose research is focused on the north-western periphery of Europe. He has held research posts in the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, and in the Mus?e de Bretagne, Rennes, Brittany, and has taught Breton at the University of Galway. His publications include articles on Celtic history, sociolinguistics and linguistics as well as translations of texts from Welsh, Breton and Irish. He has published two books, Late Cornish (1998) and Central Breton (1998), in the Lincom Europa series Languages of the World.

• Language And History In Wales: The Evidence Of Toponymy; summary i; Acknowledgments ii; Contents iii-vi; General abbreviations vii-x; Introduction pp.1-4; Dialectal Variation; Chapter 1 Phonetic representation pp.5-29; Chapter 2 Phonetics and place-name studies pp.30-40; Chapter 3 The nature of linguistic boundaries pp.41-62; Chapter 4 Dialects pp.63-76; Chapter 5 Features of pronunciation pp.77-119; Chapter 6 Vowel quality pp.120-33; Phonetic Features; Chapter 7 The grapheme pp.134-50; Chapter 8 The grapheme pp.151-65; Chapter 9 The graphemes pp.166-82; Chapter 10 Jod-initial suffixes pp.183-94; Chapter 11 Long pp.195-201; Chapter 12 Palatalization pp.202-16; Chapter 13 Anomalous [*] in penultimate syllables pp.217-24; Chapter 14 Anomalous //-// pp.225-43; Chapter 15 Anomalous //-// pp.244-52; Chapter 16 Anomalous [*] in monosyllables pp.253-59; Chapter 17 Conclusions on anomalous [*] and //-// pp.260-80; Chapter 18 Initial and pp.281-90; Chapter 19 Final pp.291-99; Chapter 20 Final pp.300-03; Chapter 21 Consonant metathesis pp.304-07; Chapter 22 The clusters pp.308-26; Chapter 23 Assorted vocalic features pp.327-40; Chapter 24 Welsh English pp.341-55; Conclusions; Chapter 25 General conclusions pp.356-72; Appendix 1 Some additional features unattested in Middle Welsh texts pp.373-79; Apendix 2 Comments on some figures and maps pp.380-83; Apendix 3 Linguistic terminology pp.384-85; Bbliography

A native of Cardiganshire, Iwan Wmffre is a historian and a linguist whose research is focused on the north-western periphery of Europe. He has held research posts in the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, and in the Mus?e de Bretagne, Rennes, Brittany, and has taught Breton at the University of Galway. His publications include articles on Celtic history, sociolinguistics and linguistics as well as translations of texts from Welsh, Breton and Irish. He has published two books, Late Cornish (1998) and Central Breton (1998), in the Lincom Europa series Languages of the World.

• Language And History In Wales: The Evidence Of Toponymy; summary i; Acknowledgments ii; Contents iii-vi; General abbreviations vii-x; Introduction pp.1-4; Dialectal Variation; Chapter 1 Phonetic representation pp.5-29; Chapter 2 Phonetics and place-name studies pp.30-40; Chapter 3 The nature of linguistic boundaries pp.41-62; Chapter 4 Dialects pp.63-76; Chapter 5 Features of pronunciation pp.77-119; Chapter 6 Vowel quality pp.120-33; Phonetic Features; Chapter 7 The grapheme pp.134-50; Chapter 8 The grapheme pp.151-65; Chapter 9 The graphemes pp.166-82; Chapter 10 Jod-initial suffixes pp.183-94; Chapter 11 Long pp.195-201; Chapter 12 Palatalization pp.202-16; Chapter 13 Anomalous [*] in penultimate syllables pp.217-24; Chapter 14 Anomalous //-// pp.225-43; Chapter 15 Anomalous //-// pp.244-52; Chapter 16 Anomalous [*] in monosyllables pp.253-59; Chapter 17 Conclusions on anomalous [*] and //-// pp.260-80; Chapter 18 Initial and pp.281-90; Chapter 19 Final pp.291-99; Chapter 20 Final pp.300-03; Chapter 21 Consonant metathesis pp.304-07; Chapter 22 The clusters pp.308-26; Chapter 23 Assorted vocalic features pp.327-40; Chapter 24 Welsh English pp.341-55; Conclusions; Chapter 25 General conclusions pp.356-72; Appendix 1 Some additional features unattested in Middle Welsh texts pp.373-79; Apendix 2 Comments on some figures and maps pp.380-83; Apendix 3 Linguistic terminology pp.384-85; Bbliography

A native of Cardiganshire, Iwan Wmffre is a historian and a linguist whose research is focused on the north-western periphery of Europe. He has held research posts in the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, and in the Mus?e de Bretagne, Rennes, Brittany, and has taught Breton at the University of Galway. His publications include articles on Celtic history, sociolinguistics and linguistics as well as translations of texts from Welsh, Breton and Irish. He has published two books, Late Cornish (1998) and Central Breton (1998), in the Lincom Europa series Languages of the World.

• Language And History In Wales: The Evidence Of Toponymy; summary i; Acknowledgments ii; Contents iii-vi; General abbreviations vii-x; Introduction pp.1-4; Dialectal Variation; Chapter 1 Phonetic representation pp.5-29; Chapter 2 Phonetics and place-name studies pp.30-40; Chapter 3 The nature of linguistic boundaries pp.41-62; Chapter 4 Dialects pp.63-76; Chapter 5 Features of pronunciation pp.77-119; Chapter 6 Vowel quality pp.120-33; Phonetic Features; Chapter 7 The grapheme pp.134-50; Chapter 8 The grapheme pp.151-65; Chapter 9 The graphemes pp.166-82; Chapter 10 Jod-initial suffixes pp.183-94; Chapter 11 Long pp.195-201; Chapter 12 Palatalization pp.202-16; Chapter 13 Anomalous [*] in penultimate syllables pp.217-24; Chapter 14 Anomalous //-// pp.225-43; Chapter 15 Anomalous //-// pp.244-52; Chapter 16 Anomalous [*] in monosyllables pp.253-59; Chapter 17 Conclusions on anomalous [*] and //-// pp.260-80; Chapter 18 Initial and pp.281-90; Chapter 19 Final pp.291-99; Chapter 20 Final pp.300-03; Chapter 21 Consonant metathesis pp.304-07; Chapter 22 The clusters pp.308-26; Chapter 23 Assorted vocalic features pp.327-40; Chapter 24 Welsh English pp.341-55; Conclusions; Chapter 25 General conclusions pp.356-72; Appendix 1 Some additional features unattested in Middle Welsh texts pp.373-79; Apendix 2 Comments on some figures and maps pp.380-83; Apendix 3 Linguistic terminology pp.384-85; Bbliography