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It's not often that dictionaries receive attention - especially those of
minority langauges - so I hope colleagues will excuse us for some blatant
self-publicity!<br><br>
<i>Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru</i>, the University of Wales Dictionary of
the Welsh Language, has just been hailed as one of "100 major
discoveries, developments and inventions made in UK universities during
the last 50 years that have impacted on the world" in a book
entitled <i>Eureka UK</i> recently published by Universities UK. An
"impact" is defined in the volume as something that "has
improved our understanding in a field to such a degree that this change
is comprehensible to everyone". "Researchers", the book's
authors note, "have . . . played a key role in documenting our
heritage for future generations, producing for example the first
definitive guide to the vocabulary of the Welsh language."<br>
<br>
"The dictionary will have a similar impact on the Welsh language
community to that of the Oxford English Dictionary on the
English-speaking world", we are told. "It is the ultimate
authority on the spelling, etymology, and vocabulary of Welsh." It
will also "revolutionise Welsh literary studies, enabling
developments in new fields of linguistic studies, such as Welsh word
formation, and Welsh terminology and translation."<br>
<br>
The first complete standard historical dictionary of Welsh, it traces the
history of each word from the earliest written forms up to the present.
The dictionary, based in Aberystwyth, has been the major project of the
University's Board of Celtic Studies since work began on collecting
materials back in 1921. Publication began in 1950 and was completed
nearly 4,000 pages later in 2002 when First Minister Rhodri Morgan
launched the fourth and final volume at the National Assembly in Cardiff.
Since then a small staff of five editors and an assistant have been
working on a thorough revision of A–B, effectively doubling its size, to
be completed in 2008 with the financial assistance of the Higher
Education Funding Council for Wales and the University's own funds. A
concise – and free – electronic version of the dictionary is also
available online. Originally based in the National Library of Wales in
Aberystwyth, the dictionary's offices are now located in a new building
alongside the Library.<br>
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Mr Gareth Bevan, one of the two principal editors of the dictionary, said
that he was delighted that the project had received recognition in such a
prestigious book, and that the dictionary's contribution to the cultural
and academic life of Wales had been so readily acknowledged. Pointing out
that Welsh is still very much a living language, he added "we are
always happy to receive additions and corrections to be used in future
revisions." <br><br>
Dictionary website:
<a href="http://www.wales.ac.uk/dictionary/" eudora="autourl">
www.wales.ac.uk/dictionary/<br><br>
</a><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
--<br>
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, Aberystwyth,
SY23 3HH<br>
University of Wales Dictionary of the Welsh Language, National Library of
Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3HH, UK<br>
ff./tel. +44 (0)1970 639094 | ffacs/fax: +44 (0)1970 631039 |
ach@aber.ac.uk | gwe/web:
<a href="http://www.cymru.ac.uk/geiriadur/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.cymru.ac.uk/geiriadur/<br>
</a>Nid yw'r neges hon o angenrheidrwydd yn adlewyrchu barn Prifysgol
Cymru / This message does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the
University of Wales
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