Centre de recherche sur la langue et les textes basques IKER UMR 5478 CNRS
Abstract
This text was written in 1999. The point of view of the author since evolved/moved concerning the factors to take into account on the facts of variation and a possible linguistic change: the internal economy of the language (simplification for example), the facts of contacts with French and the other forms of Basque (Basque standard) are factors which must be taken into account and evaluated.International audienc