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Question particles in Basque
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019)
This article proposes separate analyses for the question particles -a and al in Basque, which occur only in polarity questions, within the framework of Generative Grammar. I will propose that the former one, used in the ...
On the pragmatic development of modal particles in Navarrese-Lapurdian Basque. Hori emain ote nauzu?
(John Benjamins, 2021-06-03)
The grammaticalisation of modal particles has mainly been focused on their source and historical development. This article deals with the ongoing pragmatic extension of the epistemic particle ote in the Navarrese-Lapurdian ...
Modal particles in Basque: two cases of interaction between ote and information structure
(John Benjamins, 2020)
The interaction between modal particles and information structure has received no attention within Basque linguistics. Although the standard behaviour of modal particles in Basque shows, no connection with information ...
Syntactic analyses of discourse particles through the microvariation of Basque ote
(Open Library of Humanities, 2020-12-28)
In this article I look into dialectal data related to Basque discourse particles and I provide evidence that topics discussed in the literature on discourse particles can also be addressed within Basque microvariation. ...