As promised here are a few references to works on Middle and Revived
Cornish. It is by no means exhaustive- just the bare  minimum:
Brown, Wella  1984 A Grammar of Modern Cornish, Cornish Language
               Board,  Saltash, Cornwall/Kernow*
Gendall, R.R.M 1972 Kernewek Bew, Cornish Lang. Board

George, K      1986 The Pronunciation and Spelling of Revived
               Cornish, Cornish Language Board

Jenner, H      1904 Handbook of the Cornish Language,Nutt, London

Nance, R.M     1929 Cornish For All

Pool, P.A.S    1970 Cornish For Beginners (3rd edition), Cornish
               Language Board

Smith, A.S.D   1931 Lessons in Spoken Cornish

Smith, A.S.D   1939 Cornish Simplified

For the life and death and resurection of the language the following
are useful:

Pool, P.A.S  The Death of Cornish (1600-1800), Cornish Langauge Board

Ellis, P.B.  The Cornish Language and Its Literature, Routledge and
Kegan Paul, London.


The above two works give an outline of the complex reasons why
Cornish died out. Perhaps the two major reasons- lack of any
Cornish speaking elite, and that major bugbear mewnfudo-
in-migration by non-Cornish speakers, led to mernans an
tavas Kernewek, mes grassyes re bo dhe'n Arluth, an tavas
a vew unwyth arta, po kepar del lavar an Gernewegoryon noweth
y'gan os: nyns yw marow Myghtern Arthur!

(The last few phrases refer to the apparent renewal in Cornish
especially in the latter half of this century)

* Since bilingual placename boards are acceptable in Cornwall, the
bilingual form Kernow/ Cornwall can be used.

Pawl.