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The Basque Partitive

Borja Ariztimuño López SLE 2001, 4- September. The Basque Partitive. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López. “Licensors” of the Partitive in Modern Basque Negation Conditional Mood Questions (partial & yes-no ) Superlative

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The Basque Partitive

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  1. Borja Ariztimuño López SLE 2001, 4-September The Basque Partitive

  2. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López “Licensors” of the Partitive in Modern Basque Negation Conditional Mood Questions (partial & yes-no) Superlative (Ellipsed) indefinite quantifiers: emphatic affirmation

  3. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López The Grammaticalization of the “Superlative Partitive” the most adj. (n.) fromN. (abl) > the most adj. of N. (prtv) > the most adj. n.-rik(sup.prtv) (once the “true” partitival meaning has bleached)

  4. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López Grammaticalization paths of the Adverbial Ablative 1. From ablatival meaning: ikusi-rik 'since seen' > 'after seeing it' > 'having seen it' hencehaserretu-rik 'having got angry' > 'angry/angrily' hence triste 'sad' > triste-rik 'sadly'

  5. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López 2. From partitival meaning: ikaratu [frighten.PTCP] / poz 'happy' ikaratu-rik (da) = '(it is) [of those] PTCP' >> '(it is) ADV' poz-ik (da) = '(it is) [of those] ADJ' >> '(it is) ADJ>ADV'

  6. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López The Grammaticalization of the Proto-Basque Ablative *din 'come (from)' > 'from' > *li(n)- > *-li > *-ri + ka > -rik(a)

  7. SLE 2010, 4-September The Basque Partitive Borja Ariztimuño López eskerr-ik asko thank-PRTV a lot

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