Compound words in Breton under the influence of French:
historical and typological observations in comparison with foreign interferences in Polish
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Mots composés en breton sous l’influence du français : observations
historico-typologiques en comparaison avec les interférences étrangères en polonais
Publication date: 2009
Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 9 (2009), Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 126 - 152
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Mots composés en breton sous l’influence du français : observations
historico-typologiques en comparaison avec les interférences étrangères en polonais
The article presents the influence of French on compound words in Breton language. One can
observe that this influence is the strongest in the common compound words, particularly in these
which relate to everyday and public life – it stems for the long domination of French and voluntary
abandonment of the Breton language in favour of French by Bretons. However, thanks to present
efforts to protect and restore this language, one can observe a formation of own Breton words for new
phenomena and scientific discoveries, which in French and other languages are described with the use
of Latin and Greek compound words.
By comparing foreign influences in word formation of the Polish language, we can notice
analogous situations in the case of the common composition (i.e. strong influences in everyday
vocabulary, when the language is dominated by other languages). However, when it comes to Latin-
Greek compositions, Polish readily uses and adopts such words, which have already become
internationalisms, because, as a currently strong language, it is not afraid of losing its own identity.
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Information: Romanica Cracoviensia, Volume 9 (2009), Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 126 - 152
Article type: Original article
Titles:
Mots composés en breton sous l’influence du français : observations
historico-typologiques en comparaison avec les interférences étrangères en polonais
Compound words in Breton under the influence of French:
historical and typological observations in comparison with foreign interferences in Polish
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Published at: 2009
Article status: Open
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