Williams, Nicholas, “Some Cornish plurals”, in: Philip Payton (ed.), Cornish studies 19, 19, Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2011. 35–59.
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This article discusses the complexities of plurals and duals in the Cornish language. Parts of the body are often referred to by dual forms - predennow, buttocks; dywron, breasts; gwelvow or gwessyow, lips; and so on - and the article goes on to reveal the wider complexities of plurals in Cornish, including those instances where the familiar plural -yon eventually gives way to -s. Here the author cites examples such as aweylers (evangelists) and poscadors (fishermen). And as he observes, detailed knowledge of such subtleties not only enhances our understanding of the historic language but serves to assist the efforts of those reviving Cornish today.
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