A Grammar of Basque / José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hualde, José Ignacio, editor.

Ortiz de Urbina, Jon, editor.

Series:

Mouton grammar library ; 26.

Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basque language--Grammar.

Basque language.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (973 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive grammar of the Basque language. The phonology, morphology and syntax of the language are described in detail. The description is illustrated with fully-glossed examples both constructed and extracted from a great number of written sources. Although the focus is the modern standard language, dialectal features are considered in some detail and examples are taken from all dialects and periods.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1. The Basque language and its name / Hualde, J.I.

1.2. The Basque language today: number of speakers, geographical distribution, official status, sociolinguistic aspects / Hualde, J.I.

1.3. Brief overview of the external history of the Basque language / Hualde, J.I.

1.4. Purported relatives / Hualde, J.I.

1.5. This grammar and other grammars / Hualde, J.I.

Chapter 2: Phonology

2.1. Segmental phonology / Hualde, J.I.

2.2. Accentuation / Hualde, J.I.

2.3. Intonation / Elordieta, G.

Chapter 3: Morphology

3.1. The Noun Phrase: nouns, determiners and modifiers; pronouns and names / Trask, R.L.

3.2. Case and number inflection of noun phrases / Hualde, J.I.

3.3. Postpositions / Hualde, J.I.

3.4. Adverbs / Hualde, J.I.

3.5. Verbs / Hualde, J.I. / Oyharçabal, B. / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

3.6. Conjunctions and connectors / Hualde, J.I.

3.7. Derivation / Hualde, J.I.

3.8. Compounds / Hualde, J. I.

Chapter 4: Syntax

4.1. Valency and argument structure in the Basque verb / Etxepare, R.

4.2. Nominal Predication: copulative sentences and secondary predication / Zabala, I.

4.3. Word order / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

4.4. Focalization / Etxepare, R. / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

4.5. Negation / Etxepare, R.

4.6. Exclamatives / Etxepare, R.

4.7. Impersonal clauses / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

4.8. Causatives / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

4.9. Reciprocal and reflexive constructions / Artiagoitia, X.

4.10. Subordination / Artiagoitia, X. / Oyharçabal, B. / Hualde, J.I. / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

4.11. Coordination / Amundarain, I.

Chapter 5: Texts / Hualde, J.I. / Ortiz de Urbina, J.

Sources of examples

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [922]-934) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110895285

3110895285

OCLC:

979970217