Publisher: Agan Tavas This is the fourth edition of the course book which introduced Unified Cornish in 1929. Published with the permission of The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, this facsimile edition comes complete with a CD of Morton Nance himself reading some of the historical texts found in the back of the book. This […]
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STUDIES IN TRADITIONAL CORNISH gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype This book brings together in one convenient volume eight articles by Professor Williams on Traditional Cornish. 978-1-78201-038-8 […]
THOUGHTS ON CORNISH TODAY gans Ray Chubb
Publisher: Agan Tavas The decline of standards amongst some users of revived Cornish had been a cause for concern for some time. Ray Chubb has therefore examined recent writings in the Standard Written Form (main graphs) and Common Cornish. He has identified a number of usages that are less than authentic which he highlights in […]
THE CORNISH CONSONANTAL SYSTEM gans Nicholas Williams
Publisher: Evertype In this book Nicholas Williams examines what scribal usage from the historical corpus is telling us about the use of the consonants in revived Cornish spelling. 978-1-78201-185-9 […]
CORNISH TODAY by Prof. Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype This is Prof. Williams monumental study of revived Cornish, the one that ends up vindicating the earlier revivalists. 978 1 904808 07 7 £13.95
WRITINGS ON REVIVED CORNISH by Prof. Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype A collection of writings on various newly discovered points of grammar in revived Cornish and mistakes over the years by revivalists. 978 1 904808 08 4 £11.95
FIELD NAMES OF WEST PENWITH by P.A.S. Pool, M.A.,F.S.A.
This book needs no introduction. A timely work which gives a fascinating insight into how fields were given Cornish names. UC £5.00
THE PLACE NAMES OF WEST PENWITH by P.A.S. Pool, M.A.,F.S.A.
Publisher: Agan Tavas The most comprehensive survey of place names undertaken for any area of Cornwall. The late Peter Pool was a careful scholar and this is apparent in this work. Now into a third edition. UC 9778-1-901409-15-4 […]
A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF CORNISH PLACE NAMES by Craig Weatherhill
PUBLISHER: Evertype This book came out of a research project for the Cornish Language Partnership. A comprehensive alphabetical list of Cornish place names with meanings and spelling in the Standard Written Form so far as historicity will allow. 978 1 904808 22 0 £8.95
PLACE NAMES in CORNWALL and SCILLY by Craig Weatherhill
PUBLISHER: Wessex Books A very comprehensive book of Cornish place names and their meanings. Craig has used research material such as old mining records that have been overlooked by other experts. The book is conveniently divided into the six District Council areas and many of the names are presented for the first time in this […]
NAMES FOR THE CORNISH
PUBLISHER: Dyllansow Truran This book has been prepared to help Cornish parents with the practical task of choosing distinctively Cornish first names for their children. The work is well researched and the 300 names put forward are based on firm historical evidence. UC 1 85022 122 7 £2.99
ST. PIRAN MISCELLANY/KEMYSK SEN PERRAN by Brian Webb
PUBLISHER: Dyllansow Truran This book contains just about all there is to know about Cornwall’s patron saint. As well as his life in Cornwall it details what is known about him in the other Celtic countries. This book is written in Cornish and English. UC 01907566448 £1.50
TOWARDS AUTHENTIC CORNISH by Prof. Nicholas Williams
PUBLISHER: Evertype Prof. Williams’s response to the Cornish Language Board’s publication “Cornish For The Twenty-First Century”, (ISBN 0 907 064 71 X). 978 1 904808 09 1 £12.95
FORM AND CONTENT IN REVIVED CORNISH by various writers
PUBLISHER : Evertype A collection of writings by various language experts setting out the case for the Commission of Experts appointed by the Cornish Language Partnership as to why the commission should not recommend Common Cornish as the Standard Form for use in schools and public life. 978 1 904808 10 7 £12.50
TERMS AND IDIOMS FOR MINERS gans William Pryce
Publisher: Gwask an Orlewen A facsimile of Pryce’s original 1778 edition. Many of the terms listed in this book will, of course, be derived from Cornish. The late Eddie Climo has produced on facing pages a clearer version of the texts with Unified and Late Cornish equivalents for the terms listed. £4.95