The category of Number in Basque: I. Synchronic and historical aspects

Abstract

This is the first half of an article in which all sectors of Basque morpho -logy with some overt opposition for grammatical number are synchronically and diachronically analyzed. This opposition presents different values across lexical categories: sg. / pl. / indef. on nouns (etxe-a, etxe-ak, etxe), sg. / pl. on demonstratives (hau / hau-ek), indef. on interrogative/relative and indefinite pronouns (zenbait etxe), sg. / pl. on personal pronouns (ni / gu), and sg. / pl. on the personal marks of verbs (na-bil / ga-bil-tza, da-bil / da-bil-tza, da-kar-t /da-kar-gu, da-kar / da-kar-tza, da-kar / da-kar-te...). This half includes two points. In Point 1, the expressions of these categories in modern standard Basque are analyzed. In Point 2, these expressions are...

Keywords

• category of number
• grammatical number
• singular
• plural
• indefinite
• Basque