2026-05-18T07:29:40Zhttps://www.bilketa.eus/in/rest/oaioai:www.bilketa.eus:ark:/27020/Artxiker-hal05546517ALL2026-05-17T17:00:09Z https://www.bilketa.eus/ark:/27020/Artxiker-hal05546517Centre de recherche sur la langue et les textes basques (IKER)Duguine, Maia (1979-....)A. Kaiser, GeorgIKER, artxibo-hal05546517IKER, hal-055465172025International audienceThis paper explores the extension of verb-second (V2) patterns in wh-interrogatives from Archaic to Modern Basque. While in Modern Basque a systematic “residual” V2 system in wh-interrogatives has emerged, in Archaic Basque only synthetic verbs display systematic V2 order, whereas analytic verbs allow intervening material between the wh-phrase and the verbal complex. We put forth a multifactorial analysis of Archaic Basque where independent syntactic or morphophonological properties of auxiliaries interact with the syntax of V2 in such a way that they ‘hide’ its effects on word order in interrogatives with analytic verbs. The change from Archaic to Modern Basque involves a mere change in the properties of T, independently from the syntax of V2.https://hal.science/hal-05546517https://univ-pau.hal.science/hal-05546517v1/file/Manuscript%20%281%29.pdfArticle de journal | Aldizkari bateko artikuluavignette : https://www.bilketa.eus/in/rest/Thumb/image?id=ark:/27020/Artxiker-hal05546517&mat=articleNumenghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Archive ouverte HAL | HAL artxibo irekiaV2 grammarsword-order variationEuskara (hizkuntza)Langue basquesyntax-pf interfacetheory of changeHumanitateak eta zientzia sozialakHumanités et sciences socialesBasque V2 effects in diachrony