The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall, with an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words: Also an Appendix, Containing a List of ... the Ancient Cornish as her Mother Tongue - Brossura

Jago, Frederick W. P.

 
9781108071666: The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall, with an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words: Also an Appendix, Containing a List of ... the Ancient Cornish as her Mother Tongue

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Published in 1882, this fascinating annotated glossary of the Cornish dialect of English illuminates Cornwall's history, literature and culture.

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This glossary contains around 3,700 words in the Cornish dialect of English as spoken up to the time of its publication in 1882. Frederick W. P. Jago (1817–92) also presents a history of Cornish and the Cornish dialect, and the life of Dolly Pentreath, the last native speaker of Cornish.

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Preface; The decline of the ancient Cornish language; On the remains of the ancient Cornish language; A few specimens of the ancient Cornish language; The provincial dialect of Cornwall; Words in the Cornish dialect; Addenda; Curious spellings of the names of drugs, etc.; Appendix on Dolly Pentreath; Names of writers on Cornish dialect, etc.

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