[Gutenberg 26192] • A Handbook of the Cornish Language / chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

PREFACE 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.

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

APPENDIX

THE DAYS, MONTHS, AND SEASONS IN CORNISH

LIST OF SOME MODERN BOOKS AND ARTICLES RELATING TO CORNISH

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