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“Intellectuals in all three regions called for the creation of a high-culture tongue that would be capable of functioning in all ways that English and French are wont to do. It would be more learned and, at the same time, more all-embracing. On the agenda were the following: lexical enrichment of the vernacular; a bridging of the dialects and the attainment of a form of linguistic unity by adopting a uniform, unified 'rational' orthography; the creation of scholarly, standardized dictionaries and grammars; and use of language as an arm in the struggle for cultural and, if possible, political autonomy.” ScotlandAutonomyBrittanyScots LanguageOrthographyBretonHigh CultureOccitaniaOccitan Book:Minority Literatures and Modernism: Scots, Breton, and Occitan, 1920 - 1990 Source: Minority Literatures and Modernism: Scots, Breton, and Occitan, 1920 - 1990