This paper investigates a recent change in the grammar of spoken Basque which results in the substitution of dative case and agreement for absolutive case and agreement in marking animate, specific direct objects. I argue that this pattern of use is due to convergence between the feature matrix of the functional category AGR in Spanish and Basque. In contrast to previous studies which point to ...

Estitxu Villamor,1 Miren Isasa,1 Saül Vélez,1 Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto,1 Paolo Vavassori,1,2 Luis E. Hueso,1,2 F. Sebastián Bergeret,3,4 and Fèlix Casanova1,2,* 1CIC nanoGUNE, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain 2IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain 3Centro de Fı́sica de Materiales (CFM-MPC) Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebas...

This study examines the genetic variation in Basque Y chromosome lineages using data on 12 Y-short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a sample of 158 males from four Basque provinces of Spain (Alava, Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa, and Navarre). As reported in previous studies, the Basques are characterized by high frequencies of haplogroup R1b (83%). AMOVA analysis demonstrates genetic homogeneity, with a small ...

The Basque population has been considered an outlier in a large number of genetic studies, due to its hypothesized antiquity and greater genetic isolation. The present paper deals with an analysis of the mtDNA variability of the historical population of Aldaieta (VI-VII c. AD; Basque Country) which, together with genetic data existing for other prehistoric populations of the Basque Country (4,5...

The mean length of utterace (MLU), which was proposed by Brown (1973) as a better index for language development in children than age, has been regularly reported in case studies as well as in cross-sectional studies on early spontaneous language production. Despite the reliability of MLU as a measure of (morpho-)syntactic development having been called into question, its extensive use in langu...

J. P. Echeverry,1,2 E. V. Chulkov,1,2,3 P. M. Echenique,1,2,3 and V. M. Silkin1,2,4 1Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, E-20018 San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain 2Departamento de Fı́sica de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Quı́micas, Universidad del Paı́s Vasco (UPV-EHU), Apdo. 1072, E-20080 San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain 3Centro de Fı́sica de Mater...

Ion Errea,1,2 A. Rodriguez-Prieto,3 Bruno Rousseau,2,4 V. M. Silkin,2,5,6 and Aitor Bergara1,2,4 1Materia Kondentsatuaren Fisika Saila, Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 Postakutxatila, Bilbao, 48080 Basque Country, Spain 2Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal 4, Donostia, 20018 Basque Country, Spain 3London Centre for Nano...

This article analyses the promotion of digitalisation in creative economy through collaborative governance province Gipuzkoa (Basque Country, Spain). In order to understand this initiative, two public innovation labs located San Sebastian that influence audiovisual production Basque and digital gastronomy, respectively, are used as case studies: 2deo–Basque Language Audiovisual Lab LABe–Digital...

This article describes a common inventory of interpretations for postpositions (Basque) and prepositions (English and Spanish). The inventory is a flat list of tags, based mainly on thematic roles. Using the same inventory allows to know for each postposition or preposition, which are the translations for each possible interpretation. We think this resource will be useful for studies on machine...