Grammar Books

List of grammar books in Cornish.

Key to forms of Cornish used:
SWF Standard Written Form
KK Kernewek Kemmyn
UC Unified Cornish
UCR Unified Cornish Revised
MC Modern Cornish
KS Kernowek Standard

Clappya Kernowek by N.J.A. Williams
Publisher: Agan Tavas
Beginners course in Cornish (UCR)
ISBN 1 901409 01 5         Book £12.00
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] 

Cornish for Beginners by P.A.S. Pool
Publisher Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Elementary grammar of Cornish (UC)
ISBN 185022076X         Book £3.95
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] 

Cornish Grammar for Beginners by John Page
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Seventh edition of John Page’s grammar book (SWF)
ISBN 978-1-902917-75-7 Book: £2.99
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek Publications Officer, Jori Ansell: 65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected]

Cornish Grammar for Beginners by John Page
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Cornish grammar book for beginners (KK)
ISBN 1 902917 26 X         Book £2.99
Available from Tor Mark: tel. 01209 822101, e-mail [email protected] 

Cornish Grammar Intermediate by John Page
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Sixth edition of John Page’s intermediate grammar book. (SWF)
ISBN 978-1-902917-95-5 Book: £2.99
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek Publications Officer, Jori Ansell: 65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

Cornish Grammar — Intermediate by John Page
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Cornish grammar book for intermediate students (KK)
ISBN 978 1 902917 82 5     Book £2.99
Available from Tor Mark: tel. 01209 822101, e-mail [email protected] 

Cornish Grammar for Beginners (Book 1) by Mina Dresser
Publisher: Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak
Modern Cornish grammar for beginners, plus CD (MC)
Available from Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak: tel. 01872 278501, e-mail [email protected]   

Cornish Grammar for Beginners (Book 2) by Mina Dresser
Publisher: Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak
Second book of Modern Cornish grammar for beginners (MC)
Available from Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak: tel. 01872 278501, e-mail [email protected]

Cornish Simplified (Part 2) by A.S.D. Smith
Publisher: Dyllansow Truran
Notes on advanced grammar, edited by Talek (UC)
ISBN 0907566693         Book £4.50
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected]

Cornish Verbs
Publisher: Cornish Language Board
Every writer and speaker of Cornish needs occasionally to refer to a full list of verbs to ensure the correct form and spelling. The late Ray Edwards was the first scholar to produce a comprehensive book of this kind (entitled ‘Verbow Kernewek’) in 1995 and this edition is largely based on his work, revised and amended in the light of modern research by members of the Board. It contains more than 280 verbs, arranged alphabetically, with paradigms of the regular verbs. Every mood and tense is shown, and there is a comprehensive index of the verbs found in the Gerlyver Meur. (KK)
ISBN 978-1-902917-90-0  Book £16.99
Available from bookshops in Cornwall or Tor Mark Press, tel: 01209 822101, e-mail: [email protected]

Desky Kernowek: A complete guide to Cornish by Nicholas Williams and Michael Everson
Publisher: Evertype
Desky Kernowek: A complete guide to Cornish, is aimed at both beginners and the more advanced student.  The whole grammar of Cornish is discussed in Desky Kernowek and both Middle and Late Cornish variants are accommodated. All points of grammar and vocabulary are exemplified by instances from the traditional texts in the original spelling. A key to the exercises is given at the end of the book for those learning Cornish by themselves.  The book contains both Cornish-English and English-Cornish glossaries and a full index of subjects.  (KS)
ISBN 978-1-904808-99-2 (hardcover), price: £28.95
ISBN 978-1-904808-95-4 (paperback), price: £26.95
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] or Amazon.co.uk.
See http://evertype.com/books/desky.html

Govynnadow by Symon Harner
Publisher Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Questions on the set books for the 4th Grade exams for 2008, 2009, 2010 (KK)

ISBN 978 1 902917 87 0         Book £3.00
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

Grammar of Modern Cornish by W Brown
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
A full account of the grammar of the Cornish Language (KK)
ISBN 1 902917 00 6         Book £16.99
Available from Tor Mark: tel. 01209 822101, e-mail [email protected] 

Jowan Chy an Horth examined by John Page
Publisher: Dyllansow Truran
John Page uses the famous folk tale to highlight important points of Cornish grammar (UC)
ISBN 0 907566 36 7         Book £1.75
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] 

Kornština by Ray Edwards, tr. Rostislav Haša
Publisher Kesva an Taves Kernewek
The first part of the KDL Cornish course in Czech (KK)
ISBN 80 238 4920 4         Book £6.00
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

Lessons in Spoken Cornish by A.S.D. Smith
Publisher: Dyllansow Truran
Beginners’ guide to spoken Cornish (UC)
ISBN 0 907566 78 2         Book £1.95
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] 

Notes on Spoken Cornish by Rod Lyon & John Pengilly
Publisher: Dyllansow Truran
Guide to everyday spoken Cornish (UC)
ISBN 1850220344         Book £1.20
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] 

A Practical Book of Cornish Verbs compiled by Dee Brotherton
Publisher: Agan Tavas
A comprehensive book of verbs in Unified Cornish.  Main verbs are given with their full conjugations and the book contains other useful information about the use of Cornish verbs. (UC)
ISBN 978-1-901409-14-7 Book £8.95
Available from Agan Tavas tel. 01209 842395 or [email protected] 

A Student’s Grammar of Modern Cornish by Richard Gendall
Publisher: Teer ha Tavas
For academic study of Modern Cornish grammar (MC)
Available from Teer ha Tavas, Tregrill Vean, Menheniot, Liskeard PL14 3PL

Verbow Kernewek by Ray Edwards
Publisher Kesva an Taves Kernewek
A full list of all the tenses of verb conjugations (KK)
ISBN 1 902917 22 7         Book £8.50
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

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