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Minority language interpreting in regional parliaments: Breton, Corsican, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh compared

Perspectives
Following a discussion of the term ‘minority language’, this paper goes on to explain the important role interpreting can play for language planning and status raising, especially in high-prestige formal settings such as regional parliaments.
R. Baxter
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Adapting verse and language in Middle Breton metrical texts

2016
P. Widmer, Axel Harlos, Neele Harlos
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Revisiting authenticity in the Breton lexicon: an empirical approach

International Journal of the Sociology of Language
This paper examines the perceived authenticity of the varieties of Breton spoken by both traditional native speakers and “new speakers,” who acquire the language through courses and immersion schools.
J. Cox
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Power and Society in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: Building a Fantasy Civilization ed. by Justine Breton (review)

The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
A critical deep-drive into conceptions of power and society in Terry Pratchett’sDiscworldnovels, this book brings together experts in fantasy literature, political sciences, economics, philosophy, history, and journalism to consider the intricate social ...
Kyle R. Alvey
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On the date of the Dialog: a re-examinationof the date of composition of the earliest Arthurian poem in Middle Breton

Celtica
This article re-examines the date of the earliest surviving Arthurian poem in the Breton language, An Dialog etre Arzur, Roe d’an Bretounet, ha Guynglaff (‘The Dialogue between Arthur, King of the Bretons, and Guynglaff’).
J. Shales
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Conceptualizing Linguistic and Cultural Identity among Breton and Arabic Users in Brittany

Nottingham French Studies
The linguistic diversity of France is a highly discussed topic, particularly in relation to the French state's (lack of) support for regional and minority languages (RMLs).
Sarah Eichhorn
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Breton Gastronomic, Musical and Sporting Traditions in Culture and Language

Philologos, 2022
A. Bukhonkina, L.F. Makeeva
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Ar geriaoueg: The Use of Lenition by Speakers of Modern Standard Breton

Journal of Celtic Linguistics
Acquiring a new language is known to pose challenges, especially when it differs greatly from the speakers’ mother tongue. For learners of Modern Celtic languages, mutations can present particular challenges, as these are found in neither English or ...
Myrzinn Jaouen
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The politics of language: Republican values and Breton identity

European Journal of Sociology, 1990
Among other things, the revolutionary period in France is notorious for two practices: the development of a civil religion and a project of linguistic standardization. The substitution of republican for religious symbols, the creation of public space for republican worship, the hostility towards intermediary bodies, all of this sought to ground a more ...
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BARRIERS TO THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE BRETON LANGUAGE¹

Transactions of the Philological Society, 1995
ABSTRACTThe decline of many European languages is related to their marginalization by recent sociopolitical developments: modernization, centralization, industrialization; but in the case of Celtic Breton it is also linked to long‐standing isolation. The concepts of codification and standardization are separable.
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