On the non-configurationality of Basque and some related phenomena

Abstract

The following text must be regarded as an historical and bibliographical document rather than as a current research paper: it was written in 1984, and, according to its author's opinion, its main interest probably lies in the gap anyone may notice today between what is currently known in Basque syntax, and what could be guessed about it seven years ago - i. e. at a time when the first contributions to Verb Movement were being made, and when "Spec of Comp" was still an unknown concept. Howewer, insofar as this paper has often been quoted and discussed in the recent literature (see A. Eguzkitza's, I. Laka's, J. Ortiz de Urbina's or P. Salaburu's works, in the references of which it is generally referred to as "Rebuschi (1984), ms.") and given the fact that some of the problems and issues it raised have not yet been satisfactorily solved, ASJU is pleased to publish it today.