Dialectologie du breton et faits culturels corrélés
Résumé
Based on the study of Breton (Celtic), this talk supported the hypothesis of a link between linguistic geography and the distribution of sociocultural features. This study was based on a previously undescribed Breton variety spoken in La Forêt-Fouesnant (COSTAOUEC 1998). It also drawn on the linguistic material available in the Atlas linguistique de Basse-Bretagne edited by PIERRE LE ROUX (from 1924 to 1963). The methodology was based on a dialectometrical approach developed by GARY GERMAN in his PhD thesis on the Breton of Saint-Yvi, Finistère (GERMAN 1984). A comparison of the phonetic material between the variety of La Forêt-Fouesnant (henceforth LFF) and the 77 points of investigation in the Atlas linguistique de Basse-Bretagne had made it possible to define the areas of dialectal proximity. Interestingly, the cartography of the phonetic distribution matches with the cartographies of matrimonial practices, traditional clothing, and choreographic repertories.