A Handbook of the Cornish Language
by Henry Jenner
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jenner, Henry, 1848-1934
- Title
- A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
- Credits
- Transcribed from the 1904 David Nutt edition by David Price
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PB: Language and Literatures: General works
- Subject
- Cornish language -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 26192
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26192
- Release Date
- August 4, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A HANDBOOK OF THE CORNISH LANGUAGE chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.PART I—THE HISTORY OF THE CORNISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE — CHAPTER I—THE STORY OF THE CORNISH LANGUAGE — CHAPTER II—THE LITERATURE AND OTHER REMAINS OF CORNISH — Songs and Poems . — Verses and Epigrams . — Proverbs, Mottoes, and Maxims . — Conversations and Phrases . — Epitaphs . — Letters . — Translations .
- 4.PART II—THE GRAMMAR OF THE CORNISH LANGUAGE — INTRODUCTORY NOTE — CHAPTER I—SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION — § 1. On the Pronunciation in general. — § 2. The Vowels . — § 3. The Consonants . — CHAPTER II—THE INITIAL MUTATIONS — CHAPTER III—THE ARTICLE — § 2. The Indefinite Article . — CHAPTER IV—THE NOUN — § 1. The Formation of Nouns . — § 2. The Gender of Nouns . — § 3. The Cases of Nouns . — § 4. The Plural of Nouns . — § 5. The so-called Dual . — CHAPTER V—THE ADJECTIVE — CHAPTER VI—THE NUMERALS — CHAPTER VII—THE PRONOUNS — § 1. The Personal Pronouns . — § 2. The Possessive Pronouns . — § 3. Pronominal Prepositions . — § 4. The Relative Pronoun . — § 5. The Demonstrative Pronouns . — § 6. The Interrogative Pronouns . — § 7. The Indefinite Pronouns . — CHAPTER VIII—THE VERB IN GENERAL — $ 2. The Tenses Of The Inflected Verb . — CHAPTER IX—THE AUXILIARY VERBS — § 1. Bos , to be . — § 2. Gwîl (older guthil , gruthil , guil , gul ), to do . — § 3. Gally , to be able . — § 4. Menny , to will, to wish . — CHAPTER X—PARADIGM OF A REGULAR VERB — CHAPTER XI—THE IRREGULAR VERBS — § 1. Môs , to go . — § 2. Dôs (earlier devonos , donos , devos ), to come . — § 5. Dry , to bring . — CHAPTER XII—PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, ADVERBS — § 2. Conjunctions . — § 3. Adverbs . — CHAPTER XIII—SWEAR-WORDS AND EXPLETIVES — CHAPTER XIV—THE CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES, IDIOMS, ETC. — § 2. Negative and Interrogative Sentences . — § 3. Dependent Sentences or Subordinate Clauses . — § 4. The Infinitive or Verbal Noun . — § 5. Some Idioms and Expressions . — § 6. Rules for Initial Mutations . — CHAPTER XV—PROSODY — CHAPTER XVI—NOTE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF CORNISH NAMES
- 5.APPENDIX — THE DAYS, MONTHS, AND SEASONS IN CORNISH — § 1. The Days of the Week, Dedhyow an Seithan . — § 2. The Months of the Year, Mîsyow an Vledhan . — § 3. The Four Seasons of the Year, Pajer Termen an Vledhan . — § 4. Festivals and Holy Days, Dêdh Goilyow ha Dedhyow Sans . — LIST OF SOME MODERN BOOKS AND ARTICLES RELATING TO CORNISH
- 6.Footnotes:
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