La langue bretonne à Arradon au XXe siècle

Abstract

Language change, from Breton to French, occuring in Western Brittany during XXth century, is studied on a village scale of the Vannes area: Arradon. Ethno-socio-linguistic approach enlighten oral accounts from a few native Breton speakers. Popular theater playing, from old breton ‘mystères’, is the topic of this paper, showing cultural practices in Breton nearby Vannes in around 1930.

Keywords

• vannetais
• Breton (language)
• language practices
• language change
• ethnolinguistics