Taliesin wrote:
> The best presented *natlang* I've seen is Basque, in R.L. Trask's
> "The History of Basque" (the whole of chapter two). It's also the best
> overview of Basque that I've found anywhere. There's lots about Basque
> on the web as well, but either too fragmented, too concentrated on some
> detail, or too shallow.
Right on all counts!!
>
> In fact, this fall I've been studying Basque (as a consequence of needing
> some language or other that wasn't already used for a grammar project).
> If you want hairy, freaky verbs, Basque is it.
La lengua del diablo. (If that isn't a Spanish saying, it ought to be.) I
did a Typology seminar on Basque once, using Azkue's old grammar, which I
gather is somewhat regularized.
>
> One termpaper this fall will be "A core LFG grammar fragment of modern
Basque",
> and I'm very much looking forward to writing it.
LFG????