Journal of the international phonetic association 38. This is a short grammar of the basque language, or euskara as it is called by its. Structural similarities with certain languages in asia have been noted, but attempts to link it to ancient iberian, the hamitosemitic group, caucasian, and other languages have not succeeded. The standardization of the basque language jose ignacio hualde and koldo zuazo. Using clear explanations, it covers all the basic concepts required to study the structural aspects of the spanish language phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax as well as the history of spanish, its dialects and linguistic variation. In addition, it has a high degree of dialectical fragmentation. Basque is one of the minority languages that has received. Basque phonology interface series jose ignacio hualde. Pdf the standardization of the basque language jose. Download pdf the basque book free online new books in. The text has been arranged in the following fashion. In some words, aspiration is ancient, in the sense that it must be assumed for the. What follows is a partial desc ription of the syntax of euskara. A grammar of basque mouton grammar library english and german edition by jose ignacio hualde 2003 english pdf.
The basque dialect of lekeitio supplements of asju. W b so far, the prosodic system of basque whose intonational. The production and perception of a marginal contrast. However, until now, there was no readily available source in english providing answers to these questions or giving an overview of past and current research in this area. In the 16th century, basque sailors used a basqueicelandic pidgin in their contacts with iceland. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. A grammar of basque by jose ignacio hualde goodreads. Hualde, lujanbio and torreira, 2008 and standard basque elordieta and hualde, in press. This chapter offers an overview of geographical variation in basque. In france only a small percentage of children are learning the language. Pdf the standardization process of the basque language presents some unusual characteristics.
Towards a history of the basque language edited by jose. Perfect for use on a smart phone or an ipad using the ibooks app. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the phonological system of basque available in english. This book is the result of the collaborative effort of nine basque linguists the two editors plus inaki amundarain, xabier artiagoitia, ricardo etxepare, gorka elordieta, bernard oyharcabal, igone zabala, and the late larry trask, each contributing on their. Although i have a basque grammar myself and have read some interesting articles on basque phonology by j. This grammar hopes to be useful to a wide variety of users. Basque as a showing a complex picture regarding grammatical relations. It is not only an introduction to spanish phonetics and phonology. The basque grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. Whereas, traditionally, descriptive work on basque has primarily focused on morphological features, including its complex system of verbargument agreement and its strict ergative pattern of inflection, during the last two decades a new generation of basque linguists has. Linguistics 203 languages of the world basque syntax basque is an ergativeabsolutive language. These characteristics of basque make this language a good test. The aim of this paper is to check the factorial typology for a set of phonological constraints on vowel interactions in basque against corpus data hualde and gaminde 1998, euskararen herri hizkeren atlasa, the basque dialectological atlas with the help of othelp 2.
Langkung mligi, basque ingkang dumunung wonten ing wewengkon otonom spanyol ingkang dipuntepangi minangka nagari basque euskadi, ingkang gadhah kapentingan kabudayan lan. A grammar of basque by jose ignacio hualde, 9783110176834, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The basque language or euskara is a nonindoeuropean language whose origins and relationships with other languages are uncertain. This is a short grammar of the basque language, or euskara as it is called by its speakers. A grammar of basque by jose ignacio hualde overdrive. Variation in morphosyntactic features, nominal inflection, verbal inflection, derivational morphology and phonology are discussed in separate sections.
Due to its unusual structure and its seeming lack of relatives, the language has long been the object of curiosity and speculation. Evidence of spanishbasque convergence jennifer austin university of new jersey, rutgers. He is also the current vice president of the association for laboratory phonology. In the context of a language virtually all of whose speakers are. Another interesting feature of this grammar is that the description is illustrated with fullyglossed examples extracted from a great number of written sources. The grammatical rules below are the most important in basque and help connect words or shape the structure. As the only surviving preindoeuropean language of western europe, basque has often attracted the interest of linguists.
Basque is one of the minority languages that has received more than its fair share of attention from the linguistics community. Basque is the sole survivor of the very ancient languages of western europe. Unmarked appears in declension when it is no necessary to specify singular or plural, for example, because it is a proper name, or it is besides a determiner or a quantifier. Euskal herriko unibertsitatea, university of the basque country, 1996. Read this book, make basque food, learn to respect ingredientsand, quite simply, you will become a. Plural markers occur in two parts of basque grammar. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated. Pdf the standardization of the basque language researchgate. Whereas, traditionally, descriptive work on basque has primarily focused. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Basque phonology theoretical linguistics hualde, jose ignacio on. Hualde, jose ignacio, joseba a lakarra, and r l trask. A grammar of basque mouton grammar library english and. A number of basquebased or basqueinfluenced pidgins have existed.
Each page provides a clear explanation of a particular aspect of basque grammar with examples of use. Any deep, serious and thorough grammar of a language must include all exceptions. Linguistics 203 languages of the world basque basque has a large number of case distinctions. Below is a simplified table showing case in basque. More than a century of specialist work has succeeded in shedding a. Pdf on mar 1, 1997, kristin addis and others published the basque dialect of. About this grammar the professional of language the informed reader about glosses. After discussing several proposals for the classification of basque dialects, the main phenomena showing dialectal variation are introduced. This is no doubt due to its unusual collection of characteristics. What follows is a partial description of the syntax of euskara. The basque noun phrase is structured quite differently from those in most indoeuropean languages.
Brief overview of the external history of the basque language. This article provides a grammar sketch of the basque language, the language of the basque people of the basque country or euskal herria, which borders the bay of biscay in western europe. In this brief essay i discuss some of the consequences that this dramatic growth may be having for the. Jose ignacio hualde is a linguist from madrid, specialised in basque linguistics and in spanish synchronic and diachronic phonology, professor of linguistics in the department of spanish, italian and portuguese, and in the department of linguistics, at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Case is marked on the final word in an np, regardless whether is the head n or not. Make the most of your trip to work by learning basque grammar on the way. Basque is a morphologically rich and fairly regular language with a number of active phonological rules that are limited to certain morphological environments. The book, bringing together this accumulated knowledge on the structure of basque, is considerably more complete than any other existing grammar of the language. A brief grammar of euskara, the basque language pdf. Basque and japanese also have some morphosyntactic properties in common saltarelli 1988. Determiners and quantifiers play a central role in basque. A typological study of vowel interactions in basque. Part of the romani community in the basque country speaks erromintxela, which is a rare mixed language, with a kalderash romani vocabulary and basque grammar. A grammar of basque mouton grammar library english and german edition.
Linguistics 203 languages of the world basque notes and. This book, written by an internationally renowned specialist in basque, provides a comprehensive survey of all that is known about the prehistory of the language, including pronunciation, the grammar and the vocabulary. Basque and romance is a collection of articles describing and analyzing several of the most important morphosyntactic features for which the formal comparison between basque and its surrounding romance languages is relevant, such as word order, inflection, case, argument structure and causatives. Questions related to the origin and history of the basque language spark considerable interest, since it is the only surviving preindoeuropean language in western europe. Spanish has lexical and grammatical contrasts in the position of the stressed. Evidence of spanish basque convergence jennifer austin university of new jersey, rutgers.
Pdf papers in historical phonology aspiration in basque. As the only surviving preindoeuropean language of western europe, ba. Written entirely in spanish, this is the ideal introduction to spanish linguistics for students. In the basque country, where basque is coofficial with spanish, the number of speakers is growing because it is taught at school.
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