Microparameters in the grammar of Basque / editors, Beatriz Fernández, Jon Ortiz de Urbina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fernández, Beatriz, editor.

Ortiz de Urbina, Jon, editor.

Series:

Language faculty and beyond ; 13.

Language Faculty and Beyond : Internal and External Variation in Linguistics, 1877-6531 ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basque language--Grammar.

Basque language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book is an endeavor to present and analyze some standard topics in the grammar of Basque from a micro-comparative perspective. From case and agreement to word order and the left periphery, and including an incursion into determiners, the book combines fine-grained theoretical analyses with empirically detailed descriptions. Working from a micro-parametric perspective, the contributions to the volume address in depth some of the exuberant variation attested in the different dialects and subdialects of Basque. At the same time, although the contributions focus mainly on Basque data, cross-linguistic evidence is also presented and discussed. After all, the goal pursued in this book is to attempt to explain variation in Basque as a particular instantiation of variation in human language at large. The volume presents and analyzes a wide range of empirical phenomena, many typologically marked among European languages, and will therefore be a welcome resource to linguists looking for detailed description and/or theoretical discussion.

Contents:

Microparameters in the Grammar of Basque; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Part 1. Introductory chapters; Microparameters in the Grammar of Basque; 1. Microparameters in the Grammar of Basque; 2. Looking back and moving forward; 3. Contributions to the volume; References; On Basque dialects; 1. Geographical variation and Basque dialects ; 2. Main dialectal phenomena; 2.1 Eastern morphosyntactic features (East vs. Center and West); 2.2 Western morphosyntactic features (West vs. Center and East); 2.3 Dialectal variation in nominal inflectional morphology

2.4 Dialectal variation in verbal morphology 2.5 Derivational morphology; 2.6 Phonological inventory and (morpho)phonological rules; 3. Origin and development of Basque dialects ; 4. The written or "literary" dialects and regional norms; 5. Summary; References; Part 2. Case and Agreement; On the relation between ergativity, stavity and the verbal configuration of Basque; 1. Introduction ; 2. Diastratic variation: Verbal states with ergative subjects; 3. Bare analytic predicates; 4. Generalizing the analysis; 4.1 Verbal states; 4.2 Eventive -tu verbs; 5. Conclusion; References

Datives in Basque bivalent unergatives 1. Introduction ; 2. The predicates; 3. Bivalent unergative datives and DOM datives; 4. Syntactic behavior of dative objects in bivalent unergatives; 4.1 Dative first objects and secondary predication; 4.2 Dative first objects in impersonal constructions; 4.3 Nominalization genitives; 4.4 Other contexts; 5. Conclusion; References; Differential object marking in Basque varieties; 1. Introduction ; 2. Differential object marking (DOM); 2.1 Spanish DOM; 2.2 Hindi-Urdu DOM; 2.3 The syntax of Basque DOM; 3. Differential Object Marking in Basque

3.1 Canonical and Differential Object Marking 3.2 Dative objects in alternating verbs; 3.3 Conditions and variation of DOM; 3.3.1 Animacy; 3.3.2 Person; 3.3.3 Definiteness and/or specificity; 3.3.4 Properties of the clause: Tense, finiteness, agreement; 3.4 Dialectal distribution; 4. On the syntactic nature of Basque DOM objects; 4.1 DOM objects and depictives; 4.2 ECM: DOM in transitive predication with eduki 'have'; 4.3 Double dative constructions: DOM objects + indirect objects; 4.4 Dative-absolutive alternations: The role of clausal properties; 5. A theory of DOM; 6. Conclusions

References Gaps and stopgaps in Basque finite verb agreement; 1. Introduction to gaps; 2. The Basque agreement complex; 3. Interpretive phi-gaps: Condition B; 4. Syntactic phi-gaps: Locality; 5. The Person Case Constraint; 6. Morphological gaps; 7. 1p+2 gaps and stopgaps; 8. Morphological 1p+2 gaps in Bermeo; 9. At the sources of gaps in Antzuola; References; Part 3. Determiners; Nominals in Basque and their existential interpretation; 1. Introduction ; 2. Standard Basque: Nominals in argument position; 3. Nominals in Souletin ; 3.1 The definite article; 3.2 Existential interpretation; 3.3 Souletin BNs are syntactically DPs

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 15, 2016).