> Gallwch chi helpu fi, os gwelwch yn dda? Rdw i'n eisiau cyngor. > Can anyone say whether _Modern Welsh -- a Comprehensive Grammar_ > by Gareth King (Routledge 1993) is a good investment? It is very > expensive, so (as a learner) I'd appreciate advice on deciding > whether or not to buy it. Yes -- get it! It concentrates on the written form of the spoken language, as against Literary Welsh (which is something else again), and gives North and South Welsh variants where appropriate. It points out places where the spelling does not reflect any pronunciation (eg. "eisiau") and places where usage is in the process of changing (eg. aspects of the soft mutation). It's split into bite-sized paragraphs, has plenty of examples, and is easy to read. So I would say it's worth the price, and much better for most people's purposes than "A Welsh Grammar", by Stephen J. Williams, which concentrates on the literary form of the language. Another grammar-book dealing with the spoken form of the language is "Gramadeg Cymraeg Cyfoes / Contemporary Welsh Grammar", which is smaller (and therefore cheaper!) but does not have nearly as much explanation as King's mammoth tome. Bibliographic details: Gareth King, "Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar" London & New York: Routledge (1993) ISBN: 0-415-09269-8 (paperback only) Price: was \pounds 14.99 in London Pob lwc i chi Briony -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Briony Williams briony@uk.ac.ed.cstr (JANET) Centre for Speech Technology Research, briony@cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk 80 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1HN, UK. Tel: (0)31 650 2790 (A quarter-Irish Englishwoman working on Welsh in Scotland)