nam a22 c 4500 lfab.13/100017097 nljbp 250625055423.2 cr ||||||||||| 241210s2016 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2016049865 9789027266422 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PH5031 499/.9255 23 CFK bicssc LAN009060 bisacsh Microparameters in the Grammar of Basque Edited by Beatriz Fernández and Jon Ortiz de Urbina Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016 ©2016 1 online resource (vi, 302 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Language Faculty and Beyond 1877-6531 13 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Microparameters in the Grammar of Basque / Beatriz Fernández and Jon Ortiz de Urbina -- On Basque dialects / José Ignacio Hualde -- On the relation between ergativity, stativity and the verbal configuration of Basque / Ane Berro -- Datives in Basque bivalent unergatives / Jon Ortiz de Urbina and Beatriz Fernández -- Differential object marking in Basque varieties / Beatriz Fernández and Milan Rezac -- Gaps and stopgaps in Basque finite verb agreement* / Milan Rezac -- Nominals in Basque and their existential interpretation / Urtzi Etxeberria -- Strategies of verb and verb phrase focus across Basque dialects / Arantzazu Elordieta and Bill Haddican -- Strategies for argument and adjunct focalization in Basque / Aritz Irurtzun -- Microsyntactic variation in the Basque hearsay evidential / Ricardo Etxepare and Larraitz Uria 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. Provided by publisher. Basque linguistics Generative linguistics Syntax Theoretical linguistics Fernández, Beatriz editor Urbina, Jon Ortiz de editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016 9789027208309 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.13 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027266422