A Grammar of Basque

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2003

A Grammar of Basque

Edited by: José Ignacio Hualde and Jon Ortiz de Urbina

Volume 26 in the series Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110895285

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About this book

As the only surviving pre-Indo-European language of western Europe, Basque has often attracted the interest of linguists. Whereas, traditionally, descriptive work on Basque has primarily focused on morphological features, including its complex system of verb-argument agreement and its strict ergative pattern of inflection, during the last two decades a new generation of Basque linguists has produced very sophisticated, theoretically-informed work on many aspects of the syntax, morphology and phonology of the language, revealing, for instance, a process of focalization with many interesting properties and the existence in some dialects of an accentual system strikingly similar to that of standard Japanese. The book, bringing together this accumulated knowledge on the structure of Basque, is considerably more complete than any other existing grammar of the language. Another interesting feature of this grammar is that the description is illustrated with fully-glossed examples extracted from a great number of written sources. Although the focus is the modern standard language, dialectal features are considered in detail and examples are taken from all dialects and periods.

Author / Editor information

Jose Ignacio Hualde is Professor at the University of Illinois, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Jon Ortiz de Urbina is Professor at the University of Deusto, Spain.

Topics

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1. The Basque language and its name J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1.2. The Basque language today: number of speakers, geographical distribution, official status, sociolinguistic aspects J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
1.3. Brief overview of the external history of the Basque language J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1.4. Purported relatives J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
1.5. This grammar and other grammars J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2: Phonology
2.1. Segmental phonology J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2.2. Accentuation J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
2.3. Intonation G. Elordieta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter 3: Morphology
3.1. The Noun Phrase: nouns, determiners and modifiers; pronouns and names R.L. Trask Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
3.2. Case and number inflection of noun phrases J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
3.3. Postpositions J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
3.4. Adverbs J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
3.5. Verbs J.I. Hualde, B. Oyharçabal and J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
3.6. Conjunctions and connectors J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
3.7. Derivation J.I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
3.8. Compounds J. I. Hualde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Chapter 4: Syntax
4.1. Valency and argument structure in the Basque verb R. Etxepare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
4.2. Nominal Predication: copulative sentences and secondary predication I. Zabala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
4.3. Word order J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	448
4.4. Focalization R. Etxepare and J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
4.5. Negation R. Etxepare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	516
4.6. Exclamatives R. Etxepare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	564
4.7. Impersonal clauses J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	572
4.8. Causatives J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	592
4.9. Reciprocal and reflexive constructions X. Artiagoitia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	607
4.10. Subordination X. Artiagoitia, B. Oyharçabal, J.I. Hualde and J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	632
4.11. Coordination I. Amundarain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	844
Chapter 5: Texts J.I. Hualde and J. Ortiz de Urbina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	893
Sources of examples Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	915
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	922
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	935

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 30
- Main content: 943
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 32
- Other: 153 tab.
Keywords: Basken /Sprache

eBook

Published: June 3, 2011
ISBN: 9783110895285

Hardcover

Published: June 19, 2003
ISBN: 9783110176834