Situated at the extreme south west periphery of the British Isles, Cornwall's territorial isolation bred cultural isolation which has been construed and reconstrued over time, giving Cornwall a distinctive cultural flavour. Initially borne out by facts of geography, Cornwall, or ‘Kernow’, experiences a dynamic yet enduring peripheral existence (see Payton, 1992). This article explores how Anglo-Cornish dialect words can be used as a means of identity construction, that is, how a Cornish way of speaking is used to construct identities associated with a Cornish way of being. I hypothesise that those who desire greater Cornish autonomy are more likely to use Anglo-Cornish dialect lexis than those who favour further socio-cultural assimilation with England.

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盎格鲁-康沃尔方言是“一种表演，一种刻意的表演”

位于不列颠群岛最西南端的康沃尔郡的领土隔离孕育了文化隔离，这种隔离随着时间的推移被解释和重建，赋予康沃尔独特的文化气息。最初由地理事实证明，康沃尔或“克诺”经历了一种动态而持久的边缘存在（见佩顿，1992）。本文探讨了如何使用盎格鲁-康沃尔方言词作为身份构建的一种手段，即如何使用康沃尔的说话方式来构建与康沃尔存在方式相关的身份。我假设那些希望获得更大的康沃尔自治权的人比那些希望进一步与英格兰社会文化同化的人更有可能使用盎格鲁-康沃尔方言词汇。