Sujet
Boson Family, Cornish Language Revival, Seventeenth Century, Newlyn, Cornwall, Pilchard Fishery, Nicholas Boson, John Boson, William Gwavas, Cornish Literature, Cornish Bible Translation, Vernacular Cornish

Domaines
Linguistique, Dictionnaire

Description

The Boson family played a crucial role in the revival of the Cornish language in the late seventeenth century. They were from a landowning and merchant family in Newlyn, Cornwall, involved in the pilchard fishery. Nicholas Boson (1624-1708) was the author of three important Cornish texts, including "Nebbaz gerriau dro tho Carnoack" and "Jowan Chy-an-Horth, py, An try foynt a skyans." His son, John Boson (1655-1730), was a native speaker of Cornish and taught the language to William Gwavas. John also wrote epitaphs, the "Pilchard Curing Rhyme," and translated parts of the Bible into Cornish. The Boson family's writings provide valuable insights into vernacular Cornish during this period.

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Langue
English (en-GB)

Auteurs
Spriggs, Matthew

Contributeurs

Sources
Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Relation
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/74428

Couverture
Newlyn, Cornwall

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