The indirect consequences of linguistic silencing: : the example of gwerzioù in Brittany

Dr. Myriam Guillevic

doi:10.26266/jcbgsvol2pp35-46

The indirect consequences of linguistic silencing:

the example of gwerzioù in Brittany

Authors

Dr. Myriam Guillevic https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8246-5351

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26266/jcbgsvol2pp35-46

Keywords:

censorship, linguistic silencing, suppression of cultural practices, folk songs, Brittany, gwerzioù, Mell, Soul

Abstract

The text refers to the ways in which a popular tradition is censored by new principles, religions, beliefs over time,
as a result of which it is lost or transformed. At the heart of the article as a basic example is the description of the
evolution of the mournful gwerzioù songs of Brittany.