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A Handbook of the Cornish Language

by Henry Jenner

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Part I — The History of the Cornish Language and Literature
  3. 3Chapter II — The Literature and Other Remains of Cornish
  4. 4Part II — The Grammar of the Cornish Language
  5. 5Chapter I — Spelling and Pronunciation
  6. 6§ 2 — The Vowels
  7. 7§ 3 — The Consonants
  8. 8Chapter II — The Initial Mutations
  9. 9Chapter III — The Article
  10. 10§ 2 — The Indefinite Article
  11. 11Chapter IV — The Noun
  12. 12§ 2 — The Gender of Nouns
  13. 13§ 3 — The Cases of Nouns
  14. 14§ 4 — The Plural of Nouns
  15. 15§ 5 — The So-Called Dual
  16. 16Chapter V — The Adjective
  17. 17Chapter VI — The Numerals
  18. 18Chapter VII — The Pronouns
  19. 19§ 2 — The Possessive Pronouns
  20. 20§ 3 — Pronominal Prepositions
  21. 21§ 4 — The Relative Pronoun
  22. 22§ 5 — The Demonstrative Pronouns
  23. 23§ 6 — The Interrogative Pronouns
  24. 24§ 7 — The Indefinite Pronouns
  25. 25Chapter VIII — The Verb in General
  26. 26$ 2. the Tenses of the Inflected Verb
  27. 27Chapter IX — The Auxiliary Verbs
  28. 28§ 2 — Gwîl (Older Guthil, Gruthil, Guil, Gul), to Do
  29. 29§ 3 — Gally, to Be Able
  30. 30§ 4 — Menny, to Will, to Wish
  31. 31Chapter X — Paradigm of a Regular Verb
  32. 32Chapter XI — The Irregular Verbs
  33. 33§ 1 — Môs, to Go
  34. 34§ 2 — Dôs (Earlier Devonos, Donos, Devos), to Come
  35. 35§ 5 — Dry, to Bring
  36. 36Chapter XII — Prepositions, Conjunctions, Adverbs
  37. 37§ 2 — Conjunctions
  38. 38§ 3 — Adverbs
  39. 39Chapter XIII — Swear-Words and Expletives
  40. 40Chapter XIV — The Construction of Sentences, Idioms, etc.
  41. 41§ 2 — Negative and Interrogative Sentences
  42. 42§ 3 — Dependent Sentences or Subordinate Clauses
  43. 43§ 4 — The Infinitive or Verbal Noun
  44. 44§ 5 — Some Idioms and Expressions
  45. 45§ 6 — Rules for Initial Mutations
  46. 46Chapter XV — Prosody
  47. 47Chapter XVI — Note on the Interpretation of Cornish Names
  48. 48Appendix — The Days, Months, and Seasons in Cornish
  49. 49§ 4 — Festivals and Holy Days, Dêdh Goilyow Ha Dedhyow Sans
  50. 50List of Some Modern Books and Articles Relating to Cornish

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