Features
Blue: variational pattern non-attested
Artiagoitia, Xabier. 2003. «Complementation (noun clauses)». In José Ignacio Hualde and Jon Ortiz de Urbina (eds.), A grammar of Basque. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 634-711.
Heath, Jeffrey, 1972. «Genitivization in northern Basque complement clauses». International Journal of Basque Lingustics and Philology (ASJU) VI, 46-66.
Zuazo, Koldo. 2014. Euskalkiak. Donostia: Elkar.
Generalized pattern. The direct objects of nominalized verbs are assigned absolutive case.
| (1) | Ogia | erostera | joan | da |
| bread.ABS | buy.NMLZ.ALL | go.PTCP | (3ABS).be | |
| ‘She/He went to buy some bread.’ | ||||
Variational pattern. In some varieties the direct object is marked genitive in this context.
| (2) | Ogiaren | erostera | joan | da |
| bread.GEN buy.NMLZ.ALL | go.PTCP | 3ABS.be | ||
| ‘She/He went to buy some bread.’ | ||||
Chapter: Case and Agreement
Keywords: absolutive, case, genitive, nominalization
Artiagoitia, Xabier. 2003. «Complementation (noun clauses)». In José Ignacio Hualde and Jon Ortiz de Urbina (eds.), A grammar of Basque. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 634-711.
Heath, Jeffrey, 1972. «Genitivization in northern Basque complement clauses». International Journal of Basque Lingustics and Philology (ASJU) VI, 46-66.
Zuazo, Koldo. 2014. Euskalkiak. Donostia: Elkar.
ABL: ablative
ABS: absolutive
ABSERG: absolutive in Ergative Displacement context
ALL: allative
ALLO: allocutive
APPL: applicative
BN: bounded
CAUS: causative
COMP: complementizer
DAT: dative
DD: dative displacement
DEST: destinative
ED: Ergative Displacement
ERG: ergative
FAM: familiar
F: feminine
GEN: genitive
IPFV: imperfective
INE: inessive
INS: instrumental
M: masculine
MOD: mood
NMLZ: nominalizer
NONFAM: non-familiar (2nd person)
NP: noun phrase
PTCP: participle
PST: past
PL: plural
POST: postposition
PROG: progressive
PROS: prospective
PRTV: partitive
REL: relational postposition
RES: resultative
SG: singular
SOC: sociative
TERM: terminative
UNBN : unbounded