The History of BasqueBasque is the sole survivor of the very ancient languages of Western Europe. This book, written by an internationally renowned specialist in Basque, provides a comprehensive survey of all that is known about the prehistory of the language, including pronunciation, the grammar and the vocabulary. It also provides a long critical evaluation of the search for its relatives, as well as a thumbnail sketch of the language, a summary of its typological features, an external history and an extensive bibliography. |
Contents
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A thumbnail sketch of the language | 82 |
Phonology | 124 |
Grammar | 196 |
Lexicon | 248 |
Connections with other languages | 358 |
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adjectives ancient appears aspiration attempts attested Basque Country Basque word begin Bizkaia borrowed called Castilian century Chapter cited clearly clusters common compound consonant contain contrast course dative derived dialects dictionary discussed distinct earlier early eastern egin element ending evidence example existence expressive fact final formation French frequent further genitive gerund hand hence historical Iberian identified initial known language Lapurdian later Latin less linguistics loan looks lost marked meaning medieval Michelena morph mountain names never northern nouns occur origin palatal participle particularly perhaps phonological plosives plural position possible Pre-Basque prefix present probably proposed recent regional remained represent result Romance seems side single sometimes Spanish stem suffix suggests syllable texts usually variant varieties verb voiced vowel western