Ancient language, and the dialect of cornwall, with an enlarged glossary of cornish provincial words, the: also an appendix, containing a list of writers on cornish dialect, and additional information about dolly pentreath, the last known person who spoke the ancient cornish as her mother tongue
Auteur :
Jago, Frederick W. P.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108071666
Date de publication :
2 oct. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
470 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.