Theme 1: Cornish linguistics

This theme contains papers, articles and slide-shows about Cornish by Dr Ken George

The items cover a wide range of topics.

Metalinguistics

In the Cornish context this branch of linguistics tackles questions such as:
How closely should the revived language follow the traditional language?
How valid are Nance's extensions to the grammar?
Is revived Cornish a made-up language?
When further research shows that a feature of the reconstructed language is incorrect, what do we do about it?
How do we reconcile the wishes of different groups to use different bases for revived Cornish - Middle and Late?

Phonology

(the sounds of the language)

Orthography

(how the language is spelled)

Morphology

(the way in which words are constructed)

Place-names

Lexicography

(the compilation of dictionaries)

Grammar

Rhymes

The traditional texts

External history of Cornish

Teaching Cornish

Articles in Cornish on other subjects

A check-list of all items is available.