Form and Content in Revived Cornish
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Form and Content in Revived Cornish by Michael Everson
Kernowek Kemyn, a form of spelling currently promoted by the Cornish Language Board, has been subject to sustained criticism for nearly two decades since its inception. The form and content of the Cornish Language Board's publications continue to invite criticism and have inspired this volume. The essays begin with Michael Everson's review of recent Cornish Language Board typography, includ-ing the second edition of Ken George's Gerlyver Kres, the New Testament in Kernowek Kemyn, George's Gerlyvrik, and the recent and controversial prelimi-nary edition called in Kernowek Kemyn Bywnans Ke. This is followed by a reprint of Ever-son's review of the first edition of George's Gerlyver Kres, since reference is made to it in the first article. Craig Weatherhill, one of Cornwall's foremost experts on place-names, pro-vides the next two articles, both reviews of Cornish Language Board pub-li-ca-tions, Place-Names in Cornwall and The Formation of Cornish Place-Names. Ray Chubb and Craig Weatherhill collaborated on a short paper in which they provide an analysis of the similarity of Revived Cornish orthographic forms to traditional spellings of Cornish place-names. Bernard Deacon provides two insightful articles, the first on the values expressed in Kernowek Kemyn rhetoric, and the second on the aims and methods of the Cornish Language Board. Finally, Nicholas Williams reviews An Testament Nowydh edited by Keith Syed and published by the Cornish Language Board.
Jointly edited by Graham Thomas, formerly of the Department of Manuscripts and Records, National Library of Wales, and Nicholas Williams, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern Irish, University College, Dublin, who has published widely on Irish and Cornish literature and language.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904808107 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904808107 |
| Title | Form and Content in Revived Cornish |
| Author | Michael Everson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Evertype |
| Year published | 2007-01-09 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
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