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A descriptive analysis of Basque hypocoristics
(Nafarroako Gobernua / Gobierno de Navarra, 2014-06-30)
This paper aims at providing a description of the means available nowadays for hypocoristization in Basque, although it is not our intention
to limit our investigation to present-day pet names. We have considered it
relevant ...
A cross-linguistic study of emphatic negative coordination
(John Benjamins, 2021-12-09)
The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed cross-linguistic analysis of so-called emphatic negative coordination (enc). This kind of clause linkage is illustrated by neither and nor in She neither could nor would ...
Grammaticalization of nouns meaning “head” into reflexive markers: A cross-linguistic study
(De Gruyter Mouton, 2018-10-17)
Studies on the grammaticalization of body-part nouns into reflexives have often formulated cross-linguistic generalizations, but have mostly failed to provide detailed analyses of similar developments attested in ...
Grammaticalization of reflexivity in Basque: A corpus-based diachronic and typological analysis (draft version)
(John Benjamins, 2020-05-25)
The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed overview of the changes undergone by the reflexive buru-construction in Basque under the light of grammaticalization theory. On the basis of quantitative historical data, ...
The word order of negation in the history of Basque: A linguistic and sociolinguistic approach
(John Benjamins, 2021-02-01)
This article investigates word order changes in negated periphrastic constructions in the history of Basque. A number of linguistic variables are argued to correlate with these changes: the negative particle ez is increasingly ...