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Education
MA Celtic Studies (Welsh-medium) @ University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2026-30)
BA (Hons) in English Language and Linguistics @ The University of Sheffield (2023-26)
Dissertation Title:
"Mae'n cau agor! It closes to open?!": The Grammaticalisation of the Verb-Noun cau as a Negatively Polarised Modal in Colloquial Welsh: An Intersecting Sociolinguistic and Syntactic Analysis.
Modules:
Syntax, Advanced Syntax, Psycholinguistics, Theolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Old English Literature, Middle English Literature, Phonetics, Phonology, and Linguistic Theory
Language Studies:
Intermediate Catalan (B1)
Advanced Catalan (B2)
A-Levels in English Language, French & Spanish @ Joseph Wright Centre (2020-22)
Publications
Wain, N. J. (2026). "Mae'n cau agor! It closes to open?!": The Grammaticalisation of the Verb-Noun cau as a Negatively Polarised Modal in Colloquial Welsh: An Intersecting Sociolinguistic and Syntactic Analysis. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666031
Academic Activities
Eich Taith Iaith:
I teach Welsh online to adults from all over the world.
I teach from A1 to B2 using my own course and textbook.
I have taught Welsh through the media of English, French, Spanish, and Catalan.
I teach literature routinely to learners of all levels.
I have previously taught for DysguCymraeg.
Professional Memberships
Languages & Technical Skills
Languages
Spoken Languages: English (native), Welsh (C2), Catalan (C1), Spanish (C1), French (B2), and Italian (B1).
Sign Languages: British Sign Language (Level 2).
Philological Languages: Old English, Middle English, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Literary Welsh, Latin.
Technical Skills
Referencing software
Corpus software
Linguistic mapping
Quantitive tools
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