Jean Le Dû (28 March 1938 – 6 May 2020) was a French linguist of the Breton language.[1][2]
Jean Le Dû | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 March 1938 |
| Died | 6 May 2020 (aged 82) Saint-Quay-Portrieux, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Linguist |
Biography
editFor fifty years, Le Dû collected documents on the Breton language in Plougrescant. In 2012, he published a dictionary for Breton and French translations, titled Le trégorrois à Plougrescant.[3] His discovery of the language came during his childhood in Dieppe.[4]
Le Dû held a doctoral degree in phonetic English. He worked at the University of Rennes and taught courses in Breton, Irish, and other Celtic languages. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Western Brittany. Le Dû was the Director of Research Group 9 of the French National Centre for Scientific Research from 1988 to 1996.[5]
Le Dû was a member of the French Communist Party. He was married to a professor of physics and chemistry, and had two daughters named Mai and Donaig.[10] He died on 6 May 2020 at the age of 82 in Saint-Quay-Portrieux.[6]
Works
edit- Dictionnaire pratique français-breton (1976)
- Ar brezoneg dre zelled, kleved, komz ha lenn (1993)
- Nouvel atlas linguistique de la Basse-Bretagne (2001)
- Proverbes et Dictions de Basse-Bretagne
- Anthologie des expressions de Basse-Bretagne (1999)
- Du café vous aurez? (2002)
- Une vie irlandaise du Connemara à Ráth Chairn, histoire de la vie de Micil Chonraí (2010)
- Le trégorrois à Plougrescant. Dictionnaire breton français (2012)
- Le trégorrois à Plougrescant. Dictionnaire français breton (2012)
References
edit- ^ "Disparition du linguiste Jean Le Dû". Ouest France (in French). 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Disparition de Jean Le Dû, professeur émérite de breton à l'UBO". Le Télégramme (in French). 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Breton. "Le trégorrois à Plougrescant" par J. Le Dû". Le Télégramme (in French). 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Jean Le Dû publie son dico du breton trégorrois". Ouest France (in French). 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Jean Le Dû". Université de Bretagne Occidentale (in French).
- ^ "Aet eo ar yezhoniour Jean Le Dû da Anaon". France 3 Bretagne (in Breton). 6 May 2020.