Dictionary of Languages Bibliography
Especially for readers of Dictionary of Languages (Bloomsbury, 2005) here are some suggestions for reading, arranged in alphabetical order of languages
Cornish, Kernewek
Order books in Cornish from www.justcornish.com
or Cornwall Books (The Truro Bookshop) or Willow Books
M. J. Ball, J. Fife, editors, The Celtic languages. London: Routledge, 1993.
J. Bannister, A glossary of Cornish names. London: Williams & Norgate, 1871.
T. F. G. Dexter, Cornish names. London: Longmans, 1926. - Reprint: Truro: D. Bradford Barton, 1968.
P. Berresford Ellis, The Cornish language and its literature. London: Routledge, 1974.
Ken George, Gerlyver Kernewek kemmyn: an gerlyver meur Kernewek-Sowsnek = Cornish-English dictionary. Cornish Language Board, 1993.
Ken George, Gerlyver Kernewek kemmyn: an gerlyver kres = Cornish-English English-Cornish dictionary. Kesva an Taves Kernewek, 2000.
E. van T. Graves, The Old Cornish Vocabulary. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1964.
Markham Harris, The Cornish Ordinalia. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1969.
Julyan Holmes, 1000 Cornish place names explained.
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson, Language and history in early Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1953.
R. A. S. MacAlister, Corpus inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, vol. 1. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1940.
R. Morton Nance, Cornish for all: a guide to unified Cornish. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies [1958]. 3rd edn.
R. Morton Nance, Gerlyver noweth Kernewek-Sawsnek ha Sawsnek-Kernewek [A new Cornish dictionary]. Trywolsta: Dyllansow Truran, 1990. This is a one-volume reprint, with addenda, of A new Cornish-English dictionary (St Ives, 1938) and A new English-Cornish dictionary (Marazion, 1952).
R. Morton Nance, Glossary of Celtic words in Cornish dialect. 1923.
Edwin Norris, The ancient Cornish drama. Oxford: University Press, 1859.
P. A. S. Pool, Place names of West Penwith. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, 1973.
Graham Sandercock, Holyewgh an lergh = Cornish this way.
A. C. Thomas, And shall these mute stones speak? Post-Roman inscriptions in western Britain. Cardiff, 1994.
Christine Truran, A short Cornish dictionary = Gerlyver ber.
G. Pawley White, A handbook of Cornish surnames.
Nicholas Williams, English-Cornish dictionary = Gerlyver Sawsnek-Kernowek. Redruth: Agan Tavas, 2000. Updates.
R. Williams, Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum = A dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall. Llandovery: Roderic, 1865. - Supplemented by: W. Stokes, A Cornish glossary. London: Trübner, 1870. - J. Loth, Remarques et corrections au Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum de Williams. Paris: Bouillon, 1902.
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