Publications

Edited volumes

Breit, F., Yoshida, Y. & Youngberg, C. (Eds.) (2023). Elements, Government, and Licensing: Developments in Phonology. UCL Press. xviii+278 pp. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800085282

Breit, F., van t' Veer, M., Botma, B. & van Oostendorp, M. (Eds.) (2023). Primitives of Phonological Structure. Oxford University Press. xiv+379 pp. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198791126.001.0001

Refereed journal articles

Gruffydd, I., Tamburelli, M., Breit, F. & Bagheri, H. (in press). Investigating the relationship between language exposure and explicit and implicit language attitudes towards Welsh and English. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X241294031

Brasca, L., Gruffydd, I., Tamburelli, M. & Breit, F. (2014). A matter of strength: Language policy, attitudes, and linguistic dominance in three bilingual communities. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2408448

Breit, F. (2017). Melodic Heads, Saliency, and Strength in Voicing and Nasality. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2(1): 85.1-35. http://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.462

Breit, F. (2016). The Distribution of English Isograms in Google Ngrams and the British National Corpus. Opticon1826, 18(2): 1-28.

Breit, F. (2012). A Survey of Young British People’s Attitudes towards learning the UK's regional languages. Debút: The Undergraduate Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, 3(1): 59-78.

Book chapters

Breit, F. (2023). Sets of (sets of) elements. In Breit, F., Yoshida, Y. & Youngberg, C. (Eds.), Elements, Government, and Licensing: Developments in Phonology (pp. 33-48). UCL Press. http://doi.org/10.2307/jj.332955.10

Breit, F. (2023). Melody and segmental representation: a brief introduction. In Breit, F., Yoshida, Y. & Youngberg, C. (Eds.), Elements, Government, and Licensing: Developments in Phonology (pp. 13-18). UCL Press. http://doi.org/10.2307/jj.332955.8

Youngberg, C. & Breit, F. (2023). Prosodic structure and recursion: a brief introduction. In Breit, F., Yoshida, Y. & Youngberg, C. (Eds.), Elements, Government, and Licensing: Developments in Phonology (pp. 235-237). UCL Press. http://doi.org/10.2307/jj.332955.27

Youngberg, C., Yoshida, Y. & Breit, F (2023). Principles and parameters in phonology: an introduction and overview. In Breit, F., Yoshida, Y. & Youngberg, C. (Eds.), Elements, Government, and Licensing: Developments in Phonology (pp. 1-9). UCL Press. http://doi.org/10.2307/jj.332955.7

van 't Veer, M. Botma, B., Breit, F. & van Oostendorp, M. (2023). The structure and content of phonological primitives. In Breit, F., van 't Veer, M., Botma, B. & van Oostendorp, M. (Eds.), Primitives of Phonological Structure (pp. 1-36). Oxford University Press. http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198791126.003.0001

Book reviews and discussions

Breit, F. (2020). Discussion. In Scheer, T. (auth.) "On the lexical character of intermodular communication", Radical: A Journal of Phonology, 1: 229-239.

Breit, F. & Harris, J. (2014). Review of S.J. Hannahs’ (2013) The Phonology of Welsh. Phonology, 31(2): 338-346. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0952675714000153

Working Papers

Breit, F., Tamburelli, M., Gruffydd, I. & Brasca, L. (2023). The L' ART Research Assistant: A digital toolkit for bilingualism and language attitude research [Working Paper, Bangor University]. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18801.35686

Breit, F. (2013). Voice–Nasality Interaction and Headedness in Voiceless Nasals. UCL Working Papers in Linguistics, 25: 201-221. http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001961

Dissertations

Breit, F. (2019). Welsh Mutation and Strict Modularity. [Doctoral dissertation, University College London]. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087726/

Breit, F. (2013). Formal Aspects of Element Theory. [MRes dissertation, University College London]. http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001928

Breit, F. (2012). Constraints on Auxiliary Deletion in Colloquial Welsh. [Bachelor's dissertation, Bangor University].

Other publications

Breit, F., Tamburelli, M., & Gruffydd, I. (2023). The L’ART Research Assistant [Software]. Bangor University. https://github.com/lart-bangor/research-assistant

Breit, F. (2017). Data and tools for studying isograms. figshare [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5245810.v1

Breit, F. (2011) S Internet: E Schongs für unsri Sproch [The Internet: A Chance for our Language]. Alemannisch dunkt üs guet, 1/2011: 32-34.

Presentations

Invited talks

Breit, F. (2024). The interaction of policy, attitudes and vitality: evidence from three bilingual communities. Paper presented at the UCL Linguistics Seminar, 6 September 2024, University College London.

Breit, F. & Cottam, J. (2021). Synchronic and diachronic arguments for a trigger-centric approach to Welsh initial consonant mutation. Paper presented at the Bilbao Morpho-Phonology Circle, 27 January 2021, University of Deusto.

Breit, F. (2019). A strictly modular perspective on Initial Consonant Mutation in Welsh. Paper presented at Séminaire P3 (Phonétique, Phonologie, Prosodie), 16 May 2019, Laboratoire de Linguistique de Nantes, CNRS/Université de Nantes.

Breit, F. (2019). Reconciling Mutation and Modularity in Welsh. Paper presented at the Atelier de phonologie, 15 May 2019, Laboratoire Sturcures Formelles du Langage, CNRS/Paris 8.

Breit, F. (2018). Welsh mutation for strict modularists. Paper presented at the UConn LingLunch, 24 Apr 2018, University of Connecticut.

Refereed conference presentations

Tamburelli, M., Breit, F., Gruffydd, I., Brasca, L. & Jones, M. (2024). The interaction of policy, attitudes, and vitality: evidence from three bilingual communities. Paper presented at the 21st International Congress of Linguists, 8-14 Sep 2024, Poznań, Poland.

Gruffydd, I., Tamburelli, M. & Breit, F. (2024). Investigating the relationship between early exposure and explicit and implicit language attitudes towards Welsh and English. Paper presented at the Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Conference 2024, 12 Jul 2024, University of Cambridge.

Tamburelli, M., Bagheri, H., Gruffydd, I., Brasca, L. & Breit, F. (2024). Measuring and modelling language attitudes: comparisons across two bilingual communities. Paper presented at the 18th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, 12-16 Jun 2024, Tallinn University, Estonia.

Brasca, L., Breit, F., Tamburelli, M. & Gruffydd, I. (2024). Attitude asymmetry in bilingual communities reflects differences in socio-political recognition between majority and minority/endangered languages: Evidence from three European communities. Paper presented at VALS-ALSA 2024: Asymmetries and Inequalities in Language, 12-13 Feb 2024, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Breit, F. (2023). Toward a metric estimating the impact of initial consonant mutation on neutralisation and contrastivity: a Welsh case study. Paper presented at the 2023 Western Conference on Linguistics, 11-12 Nov 2023, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA.

Tamburelli, M., Breit, F., Gruffydd, I. & Brasca, L. (2023). Pushing boundaries in the measurement of language attitudes: Combining new technology and standardising practice. Paper presented at Linguistics Beyond and Within, 12-13 Oct 2023, KUL, Lublin, Poland.

Breit, F., Brasca, L., Tamburelli, M. & Gruffydd, I. (2023). New developments in documenting attitudes in minority and heritage language situations: an Italian case-study. Paper presented at Documenting Languages, Documenting Cultures: Migration, minorities, Dialects, 5-6 Oct 2023, Academia Pontaniana, Naples, Italy.

Breit, F. & Rando, J. (2023). Quantity in North Welsh disyllables: Between Phonology and Phonetics. Paper presented at Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics, 23-25 June 2023, Lublin, Poland.

Kim, Y., Botma, B., Breit, F., Chiu, F., Hernández, N., Kula, N. & Nasukawa, K. (2021). Nasal shielding and the non-phonological status of voicing in Amuzgo. Paper presented at the 28th Manchester Phonology Meeting, 26-28 May 2021, Manchester.

Breit, F. (2020). Nasal relativism: headed and unheaded systems. Paper presented at Nasality and laryngeal representations in phonology, 8 January 2020, University of Essex.

Breit, F. (2018). Dual Interpretation and Saliency arise from Spell-Out. Paper presented at Elements Nantes, 14-15 June 2018, Université de Nantes.

Breit, F. (2018). Let phonology be phonology and syntax be syntax: the case of Welsh mutation. Paper presented at the 10th North American Phonology Conference, 4-5 May 2018, Concordia University.

Breit, F. (2017). Initial CVs and the phonology of non-mutation in Welsh. Paper presented at the 25th Manchester Phonology Meeting, 25-27 May 2017, Manchester.

Breit, F. & Jones, C. (2016) Non-copy Epenthesis in Llansteffan Welsh. Paper to be presented at the 9th Celtic Linguistics Conference, 1-2 Sep 2016, Cardiff University.

Breit, F. (2015). Can conflicting grammaticality judgment data reveal something about language change in progress? A case study in Welsh word order convergence. Paper presented at Donders Discussions 2015, 4-5 Nov 2015, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Breit, F. (2015). The Element |L| and Why We Need to Talk About Heads. Paper presented at the 45th Poznań Linguistics Meeting, 17-19 Sep 2015, Poznań, Poland.

Breit, F. (2015). The Phonological Exponents of Welsh ICM: Subtraction by addition. Paper presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the LAGB, 15-18 Sep 2015, London.

Breit, F. (2015). Aspirate Mutation in Welsh and Iaai as Fortition with |H|. Poster presented at the 23rd Manchester Phonology Meeting, 28-30 May 2015, Manchester.

Breit, F. (2015). Some Questions Concerning Headedness. Paper presented at Elements Fest 2015, 31 Mar 2015, UCL/SOAS.

Breit, F. (2014). Establishing the Limits of Welsh Auxiliary Deletion in Conversation and Experiment. Paper presented at the 8th Celtic Linguistics Conference, 06 Jun 2014, University of Edinburgh.

Breit, F. (2013). How many segments? Theories of melodic representation and their Generative Capacity. Paper presented at Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics, 21-23 Jun 2013, UMCS/KUL, Lublin, Poland.

Panels and themed sessions

Kouneli, M., Breit, F. & Nevins, A. (2022). Minoritized Languages' Impact on Linguistic Theory. Themed session at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the LAGB, 12-15 September 2022, Ulster University.

Non-refereed presentations

Breit, F. & Rando, J. (2023). Stress and quantity in North Welsh regularly stressed disyllables. Paper presented at the Welsh Linguistics Seminar, 26-27 Jun 2023, Bangor University.

Gruffydd, I., Breit, F. & Tamburelli, M. (2023). New avenues in collecting attitudinal data on regional/minority languages: the case of Welsh. Paper presented at the Welsh Linguistics Seminar, 26-27 Jun 2023, Bangor University.

Breit, F. (2014). Re-evaluating a Unified Representation of Voicing and Nasality: The Case of Voiceless Nasals. Paper presented at the London Phonology Seminar, 27 Jan 2014, UCL/SOAS.

Breit, F. (2013). The Generative Capacity of Element Theory. Poster presented at the Workshop on Melodic Representation, 12 Mar 2013, SOAS/UCL.

Breit, F. (2012). Coping with Borrowed Swearwords: Anomalies in Welsh Mutation Patterns. Poster presented at the 2012 Bangor Summer School in Bilingualism, 25 Jul 2012, Bangor University.

Local and departmental talks

Breit, F. (2019). Microadventures in Welsh Initial Consonant Mutation. Paper presented at the UCL Linguistics PhD Day, 27 September 2019, UCL.

Breit, F. (2017). Adventures in Welsh Non-Mutation. Paper presented at the UCL Linguistics PhD Day, 28 April 2017, UCL.

Breit, F. (2016). A floating-element account of Welsh Initial Consonant Mutation. Paper presented at the UCL Linguistics PhD Day, 24 May 2016, UCL.

Outreach and Public Engagement talks

Gruffydd, I. & Breit, F. (2023). Beth rydych yn ei feddwl go iawn am y Gymraeg? [What do you really think about Welsh?] Outreach talk presented at the 2023 National Eisteddfod, Llŷn and Eifionydd.

Breit, F. (2019). Of Blue Books and Welsh Nots: A Story of Power, Education, Attitudes, and Reinvigoration. Public Teach-Out, 28 November 2019, The Harrison Public House, London.

Breit, F. (2017). Linguistics: The science of language. Outreach talk on Universal 20, presented at the 2017 Do Something Different Day, UCL Widening Participation Program.

Breit, F. (2016). Svarabhakti Gymraeg: Oes lafariaid epenthetig wedi'i copïo yn y Gymraeg llafar? [Welsh svarabhakti: is there copy-epenthesis in spoken Welsh?] Paper presented at CityLit, 19 March 2016, CityLit, London.

Other Linguistics-related publications

At the Speculative Grammarian, see the author index (under Breit, Florian; about half way down) for a list of my contributions under various pseudonyms.

In the Bangor Linguist, all throughout Volume 1, which is co-edited by me.