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La Bretagne Linguistique, 2014 Alongside the longstanding predictions of Breton’s imminent death, there have been continual announcements that it is undergoing a renaissance. At the time of writing, it is easy to identify many indicators of a high level of vitality, including ...
Erwan Le Pipec
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Language change for the worse [PDF]
Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard +16 more
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Les usages de la langue bretonne en politique
La Bretagne Linguistique, 2017 This research was borne out of the observation that the Breton language has a visible presence in the regional political landscape. Breton is rolled out as a campaign theme in the electoral game at every local election. The primary research area examined
Julien Meffre
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La Bretagne Linguistique, 1998 The author takes a brief look at an often underestimated causal link between gender and the transmission of the Breton language. Experiencing a process of rural exodus and social advancement conditional on language shift to French, women have generally ...
Anne Guillou
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Quelques réflexions sur l’ordre des mots dans la pièce en moyen breton Buhez Santez Nonn
La Bretagne Linguistique, 1988 This research follows the same approach used for the study of word order in the Middle Cornish play Beunans Meriasek. In that study, we showed that although it is believed that the normal word order in verse is disrupted by the rules of rhyme and ...
Kenneth J. George
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La Bretagne Linguistique, 1985 We have always said and affirmed that Breton is, in the middle of the twentieth century, a medieval language because of its two fundamental features, tangible in all everyday situations: 1.
Christian-J. Guyonvarc’h
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A new dialectometric approach applied to the Breton language
, 2016 This paper presents a new dialectometric approach applied to the Breton language in the heart of Breton-speaking Brittany. It is based on data from the Nouvel Atlas Linguistique de la Basse-Bretagne Le Dû (2001). We process qualitative data using the Levenshtein algorithm which allows us to accurately measure and take into account the discrepancies or ...
Brun-Trigaud, Guylaine +2 more
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Foundational approaches to Celtic linguistics
This book showcases the latest research from the world’s leading experts on Celtic linguistics. The 15 chapters span a variety of linguistic subdisciplines as well as theoretical and methodological perspectives.
Jouitteau, Melanie +24 more
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Néo-bretonnants – konstruowanie tożsamości językowej przez młode pokolenie osób bretońskojęzycznych
Sprawy Narodowościowe. Seria nowa, 2022 Néo-bretonnants: The Construction of Linguistic Identity by the Young Generation of Breton-Speaking People According to statistics there are today only about 200,000 people who know the Breton language, but 70% of them are over 60 years old.
Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska
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Les défis de l’enseignement en breton. L’exemple de l’appropriation sociolinguistique
La Bretagne Linguistique, 2022 The school now plays a central role in the process of revitalizing Breton, a language in a minority situation. As such, teaching in Breton must take particular account of the sociolinguistic and ideological context in which it takes place. This teaching,
Gwenole Larvol
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