The development of grammatical structures in the Breton of nursery school children

Abstract

The great majority of children attending the Breton medium schools in Brittany are monolingual French speakers. The descriptive analysis of the data indicates that the children have become competent speakers by the end of the four years in Breton nursey schools. Although there is some indication of transfer from French to Breton in the initial stage of Breton acquisition, the children acquire the range of Breton grammatical structures including those not shared with French.