Anthropology 595B - S- Basque Cultural Studies

The Basque language, Euskera, is a non Indo-European language isolate. Unlike Spanish or French, it has no grammatical gender, but it does have a unique gender inflected second person system of pronouns, known as hika (for men) or noka (for women). While men have preserved this form of speech, women's usage has declined significantly. As the guest scholar for the 2022 William A. Douglass Chair in Basque Cultural Studies, Dr. Echeverria will present her research on this pronoun system and its social meanings, focusing in particular on fascinating evidence in folklore and song that associated noka with witches and unruly women.

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