Issue 16

Brwydr Iaith, Brwydro Iaith: Terminoleg y byd pop Cymraeg fel dull protestio yn y 1960au a’r 1970au (A Battle for Language, Language Battles: Terminology of the Welsh pop world in the 1960s and 1970s)

This article offers a detailed examination of the relationship between the campaign to revitalise the Welsh language in the 1960s and 1970s and the coining of new words in Welsh-language popular music. It concentrates on attempts to adapt Welsh to the circumstances of the pop world during this period in particular, and examines the ideological consequences of various strategies for coining terms that were used by writers.

Keywords

Popular music, the Welsh language, Welsh journalism, pop industry, language campaigning.

Reference

Jones, C. (2013), 'Brwydr Iaith, Brwydro Iaith: Terminoleg y byd pop Cymraeg fel dull protestio yn y 1960au a’r 1970au', Gwerddon, 16, 10-27. https://doi.org/10.61257/HNBP1708 

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