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v.7. Instrumental/inessive alternation in temporal modifiers: the instrumental (-z) (v the inessive (-n))

Author: Kristina Bilbao

Egile beraren beste kapituluak:

i.1. Dative (first) objects in transitive verbs: itxarongo dizut, diot (v itxarongo zaitut, dut)

i.3. Dative marking of the unaccusative causee: etorrarazi dizute (v etorrarazi zaituzte)

i.13. Partitive marker to make emphasis in existential clauses: badugu sagar onik (v baditugu sagar onak)

v.1. Instrumental/inessive alternation in temporal modifiers: the instrumental (-z) (v the inessive (-n))

vi.1. Stage level copular verbs: izan (v egon)

vi.2. Expressing possession: eduki, ukan (v izan/*edun)

vi.3. Ukan ‘have’ instead of izan ‘be’ in resultative participial contexts

vi.4. Progressive ari, along with ergative subject and transitive auxiliary *edun ‘have’: ari dut (v ari naiz)

vi.5. Progressive periphrases: ibili, egon jardun, erauntsi (v ari izan)

vii.1. Partitive in appositive relative phrases with undetermined antecedent: -ik (v -a)

vii.2. Non-factive complements: -(r)ik (v -(e)la)

vii.3. Non-factive sentential complements: -(e)n (v -(e)la)

vii.4. Factive sentential complements: -(e)na (v -(e)la)

Cite this page as: Bilbao, Kristina. (2022). Instrumental/inessive alternation in temporal modifiers: the instrumental (-z) (v the inessive (-n)). In Bilbao, Kristina, Ane Odria, Ane Berro, Josu Landa & Beatriz Fernndez (eds.), Euskara Bariazioan / Basque in Variation (BiV) (3. edit.). UPV/EHU Editorial Service. [Available online: https://basqueandbeyond.ehu.eus/biv/?o=chapters&id=5&e=34]. ISBN: 978-84-1319-456-1.

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References

v. Postpositions (Locatives)

v.1. Approximation allative: -ra aldera, -raka (v -rantz)

v.2. Nominalized verb + inessive to express purpose: egiten joan (v egitera joan)

v.3. Animate locatives: baitan (v -gan)

v.4. Ablative/partitive alternation: -(r)ik (v -tik)

v.5. Allative marking: -rat/-lat/-alat (v -ra)

v.6. Terminative marking: ra gino (v -raino)

v.7. Instrumental/inessive alternation in temporal modifiers: the instrumental (-z) (v the inessive (-n))

Keywords

aspect, locatives, modifiers, postpositions, telicity, temporal adverbials

References

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Euskaltzaindia. 1985. Euskal Gramatika: Lehen Urratsak I. Iruñea: Institución Príncipe de Viana eta Euskaltzaindia. [Reprinted in Euskaltzaindia. 1991]

Euskaltzaindia. 2000. Hiztegi Batua. Bilbo: Euskaltzaindia.

Thompson, Ellen. 2006. «The Structure of Bounded Events». Linguistic Inquiry, 37(2), 211–228.

Vendler, Zeno. 1967. Linguistics in philosophy. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.