Jon Etxebarria

Presentation

I graduated in Basque Studies (2020-2024) at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). In the 2023-2024 academic year I had the Ikasiker Research Fellowship [IkasC_2023_1_0067], which allowed me to collaborate with the Bilingual Mind research group under the supervision of Professor Beatriz Fernández (UPV/EHU). Then, in the 2024-2025 academic year, I continued my studies in the Basque Linguistics and Philology Master’s programme at the very same university. Since September 2025, I have been working on my PhD thesis under the supervision of Beatriz Fernández (UPV/EHU), Ane Odria (UPV/EHU) and Irene de la Cruz-Pavia (University of Deusto).

Linguistic variation is one of my main research interests and in my PhD thesis I study the causative structures used in the western dialect of Basque. Specifically, I investigate the relationship between the case and agreement marking of arguments and their animacy in causative constructions with embedded unaccusative verbs.

Hizkuntzalaritza eta Euskal Ikasketak Saila (UPV/EHU)

Centro de Investigación Micaela Portilla Ikergunea, Oficina 3.2 Bulegoa
Justo Vélez de Elorriaga, 1
01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Research interests

Morphosyntactic variation, Basque, causatives, causees, case- and agreement-marking, animacy.

Visiting fellowships

2023. Undergrad stay abroad: Through the Erasmus+ programme: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szeged (Hungary).

Participation in funded research projects

2024-: On argument structure, Voice and morphology in Euskara, the Basque language (Morfeus) (PID2023-147383NB-I00) (Principal Investigators: Beatriz Fernández and Ane Berro)

Others

Languages

Basque (mother tongue), Spanish (mother tongue), English (C1).

Teaching

Summer 2025: Basque teacher in the courses offered by the Zornotzako Barnetegia.

January 2024: Basque Language subject teacher at the ESO and Baccalaureate levels in Lauaxeta Ikastola, substituing.

Grants

  • Basque Government Grants for the Predoctoral Training Program for Non-Doctoral Researchers (2025-2029) [PRE_2025_1_0152]
    • Institution: Department of Education, Language Policy and Culture of the Basque Government
  • Ikasiker Research Fellowship (2023-24) [IkasC_2023_1_0067]
    • Institution: Department of Education, Language Policy and Culture of the Basque Government.
  • Erasmus+ KA171 grant (2022-23)
    • Insitution: Servicio Español para la Internacionalización de la Educación (SEPIE).

December 2025-January 2026: Researcher under contract (EHU) (PIC524/25, PID2023-147383NB-100)

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