Euskarazko lekuzko adposizio-e-tan barna, aldakortasuna sailkatzeko proposamen berri bat

Abstract

There is no consensus when it comes to determine the items that are part of the adpositional category in Basque. In this sense, the aim of this work is to define better the groups within this category. After considering the most relevant morphosyntactic and semantic properties of Basque adpositions, I establish three main groups, simple locative adpositions (-ra, -tik), Axial Parts (azpi, gain) and Complex Directional Adpositions (-ra arte, -tik kanpo). In addition, I propose a grammaticalization chain that connects these groups between each other. Finally, I adopt a nanosyntactic approach to structurally illustrate the differences between complex adpositions and Axial Parts.