Welcome to Loig CHEVEAU's website
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. in Celtic Studies
at the
Université de Haute-Bretagne (Rennes 2)
(University of Eastern Brittany, Rennes, France)
Fields of study and research:
● linguistic study (grammar and phonetics/phonology) and dialectology of Breton, especially of the Vannetais dialects
● linguistic study (grammar and phonetics/phonology) and dialectology of Modern Irish
Works:
● 2017: Nouvelle grammaire bretonne du dialecte de Vannes - vannetais standard. [A New Breton Grammar of the Vannes Dialect - Standard Vannetais] Ploudalmézeau : Label LN.
● 2015: Faclair pòca Gàidhlig-Fraingis. Dico de poche français-gaélique d'Ecosse. [French and Scottish Gaelic Pocket Dictionary] Fouesnant : Yoran Embanner.
● 2011: Le r fort initial en breton. [Initial strong r in Breton] Colloque Actualité de la recherche sur le breton et les langues celtiques - Rencontre de jeunes chercheurs, 18 juin 2011, Université Paris Descartes.
● 2010: Le breton de Ploemeur dans l'ALBB de P. Le Roux : lecture critique. La Bretagne Linguistique 15, Brest : CRBC.
● 2010: Foclóir póca Gaeilge-Briotáinis. Geriadur-chakod brezhoneg-iwerzhoneg. [Irish-Breton and Breton-Irish pocket dictionary] Fouesnant : Yoran Embanner.
● 2009 : Foclóir póca Gaeilge-Fraincis. Dico de poche français-irlandais. [Irish-French and French-Irish pocket dictionary] Fouesnant : Yoran Embanner.
● 2008 : Morfologiezh ar verboù e Gwidel hag en Ignel. [Verbal Morphology in Guidel and Inguiniel Dialects] in: Hor Yezh 256.
● 2008: Le breton de Ploemeur dans l'ALBB de P. Le Roux : lecture critique. Paper for the seminar of La Bretagne Linguistique, CRBC-UBO Brest, 13 December 2008. (see above).
● 2007: Approche phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique du breton du Grand Lorient (bas-vannetais). [An approach of phonology, morphology and syntax of Lorient area dialect (bas-vannetais)] (Ph.D. dissertation, unpublished yet)
● 2007: The Direct Object Personal Pronouns in Lorient Area Breton , Studia Celtica 41, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
● 2006: Les mutations consonantiques en breton lorientais, [Initial Consonant Mutations in Lorient Area Breton] Journal of Celtic Linguistics 10, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
● 2003: Le vocabulaire de I.M. Héneu dans Ribardenneu (1939). [The vocabulary of I.M.Héneu in his book Ribardenneu (1939)] (DEA dissertation - second year of the M.A., unpublished yet)
● 2002: Comparaison entre irlandais d'Ulster et gaélique d'Ecosse. (Comparison between Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic). Maîtrise dissertation - first year of the M.A., unpublished yet
Projects I am working on:
● A Phonetic Atlas of the Vannetais Breton Dialects
● Grammar of the Vannetais Breton Dialects
● Vannetais Breton-French Dictionary (from written and, above all, oral sources)