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  • What is SENSE?

    The Society provides a variety of services and opportunities to suit the varying tastes of all SENSE members.
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    Special interest groups (SIGs)

    SENSE members regularly get together in Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for meetings, workshops, webinars and discussions about a variety of topics.
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    SENSE organizes about one workshop or webinar per month. See our Calendar for upcoming events.
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    Mentoring

    The Mentoring Programme brings experienced SENSE members into contact with less experienced members seeking advice and/or training.
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    SENSE is in the safe hands of the Executive Committee (EC), the Team Leaders (TLs) and other volunteers.
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    Publications

    SENSE publications include a Handbook for starters, guidelines for students who need editing services, monthly newsletters and ocassional mailings to members, and a blog with interesing articles written by members.
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    SENSE members have access to a private forum where they can chat, ask questions from colleagues or comment on society matters.

  • Sister organizations

    SENSE wants to actively pursue good relationships with other organisations in the language industry.
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An introduction to Cornwall and its languages, Anita van Adelsbergen

The Cornish are often overlooked when it comes down to English language, culture and society. However, Cornish culture is very rich and the Cornish people have definitely made their mark on societies around the world. As experts in their field, the Cornish miners travelled out to several continents to transfer their knowledge, including Australia and the United States of America. Many of them actually ended up in politics, such as the Penn family of Penn-sylvania. This presentation discusses Cornish culture, history and the Cornish languages, i.e. the Cornish dialect and the Cornish (Celtic) language revival. A short introduction to the Cornish language will be provided!

About the presenter

Anita van Adelsbergen MA CL is a Chartered Linguist in the UK and sworn translator in the Netherlands. During her English MA degree, she studied Celtic and American Studies at Utrecht University. She finalised her MA research project on Cornish-Americans there as well. After her studies, she continued researching the Cornish and their (Celtic) history, as well as the Cornish and Welsh languages.


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