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12. Dative marking of the unaccusative causee: etorrarazi dizute (v etorrarazi zaituzte)

Yellow: variational pattern attested
Blue: variational pattern non-attested

(2) Zuri etorrarazi/etorri eragin dizute

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Fernández, Beatriz and Jon Ortiz de Urbina. 2010. Datiboa hiztegian. Bilbo: UPV/EHU.

Odria, Ane. 2014. «Differential object marking and the nature of dative case in Basque varieties». Linguistic Variation, 14-2. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 289-317.

Odria, Ane. 2017. Differential Object Marking and datives in Basque syntax. Ph.D. diss., UPV/EHU.

Ortiz de Urbina, Jon. 2003b. «Causatives». In José Ignacio Hualde and Jon Ortiz de Urbina (eds.), A grammar of Basque. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 592-607.

Generalized pattern. Unaccusative causees are marked absolutive.

(1)	Zu	etorrarazi/etorri eragin	zaituzte
	you.ABS	come.make.PTCP	2ABS.have.3PL.ERG
	‘They have made you come’

Variational pattern. Some varieties favour dative marking (Ortiz de Urbina 2003: 596-8).

(2)	Zuri	etorrarazi/etorri eragin	dizute
	you.DAT	come.make.PTCP	have.2DAT.3PL.ERG
	‘They have made you come’

Chapter: Case and Agreement

Keywords: agreement/clitics, alternations, case, causatives, datives

References:

Fernández and Ortiz de Urbina (2010), Odria (2014, 2017), Ortiz de Urbina (2003b)

Fernández, Beatriz and Jon Ortiz de Urbina. 2010. Datiboa hiztegian. Bilbo: UPV/EHU.

Odria, Ane. 2014. «Differential object marking and the nature of dative case in Basque varieties». Linguistic Variation, 14-2. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 289-317.

Odria, Ane. 2017. Differential Object Marking and datives in Basque syntax. Ph.D. diss., UPV/EHU.

Ortiz de Urbina, Jon. 2003b. «Causatives». In José Ignacio Hualde and Jon Ortiz de Urbina (eds.), A grammar of Basque. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 592-607.

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Dialect

Value

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A-ara

Aramaio

Western Basque

Yes

Txipi Ormaetxea

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