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Institutional Breton language policy after language shift [PDF]
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2013 The last twenty years have seen a remarkable change in public and institutional support for Breton language promotion. Language activists who had previously resisted and opposed the actions of the French state are now to the fore in designing and implementing institutional language policies to promote Breton, particularly in schooling, adult learning ...
Tadhg O Hifearnáin
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100 Years of Literature in the Breton Language (1920-2020) [PDF]
Studia Celto-Slavica, 2023 Literature written in the Breton language in the 20th and 21st centuries presents something of a paradox in that although the number of Breton speakers has continued to decrease throughout the 20th century and in the first decades of the 21st century (Broudic 2009), the number of works published per year has remained at a relatively stable level ...
M. Thomas
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Breton and Cornish Studies: Language, Linguistics and Literature [PDF]
The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies, 2022 Abstract This is a critical bibliographical survey of academic studies published in 2024 in the area of Breton and Cornish Studies.
Merryn Davies-Deacon
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The present and the future of Breton language in France [PDF]
Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2011 The article deals with the situation of the regional or minority languages and with the Breton language as an example. The work reveals the situation and status of the Breton language in modern society, as well as specific examples of the use of ...
N F Mikheeva, O A Illarionova
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Célestin Lainé et le breton : la langue pour le combat
La Bretagne Linguistique, 2011 Célestin Lainé and Breton. This is not an obvious association for anyone who knows anything about Lainé. For example in 1932 this Breton nationalist activist had the monument in Rennes symbolising Brittany’s attachment to France blown up, and just before
Sébastien Carney
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Bretona-marking of (internal) verbal arguments: A result of language contact?
Linguistics, 2020 We discuss a potential case of borrowing in this paper: Breton a- ‘of’, ‘from’ marking of (internal) verbal arguments, unique in Insular Celtic languages, and reminiscent of Gallo-Romance de/du- (and en-) arguments.
Elisabeth Stark
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Enhancing a multi-faceted verb-centered resource to help a language learner: the case of breton
Scandinavian Simulation SocietyThis article builds on two recent resources for breton, a verb-centered database and a set of sentences in the universal dependencies (UD) format. Our focus is on breton, an endangered language in the celtic family.
Annie Foret
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Linguistics, 2000 Breton has VSO order in subordinate clauses and in some main clauses, but it does not normally allow a finite verb in initial position in main clauses, which instead show V2 order. We investigate Breton V2 structures and argue that they are problematic for transformational assumptions.
Robert Borsley
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Gender-Fair Language in a Minority Setting: The Case of Breton [PDF]
Studia Celtica Posnaniensia, 2019 Abstract This paper explores the use of the Breton language (Brittany, North-West France) in contexts where speakers wish to signal their commitment to social equality through their linguistic practices. This is done with reference to examples of job advertisements which have pioneered the use of gender-fair language in Breton ...
Michael Hornsby
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