Jon Etxebarria

Pre-doctoral researcher

Presentation

I graduated in Basque Studies (2020-2024) at the University of the Basque Country (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 (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 (EHU), Ane Odria (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 (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.

Papers

Talks

  • Etxebarria, Jon (2026). Causative constructions in Western Basque: an experimental approach. Gogo Elebiduna Seminar. October 13th, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country).

Visiting fellowships

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

Participation in funded research projects

2026- : Gogo Elebiduna/The Bilingual Mind (IT1962-26) (Principal Investigators: Itziar Laka and Mikel Santesteban)

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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