UPV/EHU - Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne] (Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia
Campus d'Álava : Vice-Rectorado, San Antonio 41, 01005 Vitoria ;
campus de Biscaye et services centraux : Apdo 1397, 48080 Bilbao ;
campus de Guipúzcoa : Vice-Rectorado, Fuenterrabia 13-1° , 20006 San Sebastián - Spain)
Abstract : This paper focuses on the use and non use of the so called Basque definite article -a in eastern dialects. More especifically it addresses the variation on its use in adjective predicates on the one hand, and in objects on the other.