new Breton dictionaries

[Jean LE DU]

New publication 
Le trégorrois à Plougrescant
Breton-French and French-Breton dictionary
by Jean Le Dû 
About 500 years ago, Jehan Lagadeuc completed his Catholicon in Tréguier,
Brittany, the first Breton dictionary ever compiled. Since then, several dozen
others have been published. The originality of Jean Le Dû’s dictionary lies in the
fact that it is, as Jean-Paul Chauveau expresses it in the preface, “a sincere and
authentic lexicon that was actually used by the people and that is presented as
precisely as possible by a faithful and attentive eye witness.”
This dictionary is the result of more than fifty years of field work and observation.
Only those words which the author has actually heard were noted, regardless of
their origin, whether Celtic, Latin, Romance or French… The actual use of each
word is specified: levenez is attributed to the ecclesstical language, micherour
applies only to lyrical compositions, etc. The pronunciation of each entry is highly
precise thanks to a phonemically-based spelling system.
The language described herein is based principally on the language of native
Breton speakers born before the First World War, but the speech of succeeding
generations has also been taken into account.
Jean Le Dû is from Plougrescant, a parish to which he already dedicated his
Doctorat d’État in 1978. Currently an emeritus professor of Celtic, he has taught
the Breton and Celtic languages and literatures for over thirty years. As the direc-
tor of several research groups and the author of one hundred articles published in
French and international scientific journals, he published his monumental Nouvel
Atlas Linguistique de la Basse Bretagne in 2001.
Jean Le Dû’s dictionary appears in two volumes: Breton French and French
Breton. Any owner of the paper version of the dictionary simultaneously acquires
right to access the online edition. This is a way of transmitting Breton in
the 21st century and responds to the needs of new speakers.
The paper version is available at our e-shop  : 
www.emgleobreiz.com
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Breton-French dictionary : 500 p. - 42,90 €
French-Breton dictionary : 540 p. - 42,90 €
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