During rapid language shift in a community where Basque speakers are adopting Spanish, which outcome becomes likely regarding Basque grammar?

💡 Explanation

Grammaticalization occurs because frequent discourse markers in Basque are reanalyzed as grammatical elements in the evolving Spanish spoken by Basque speakers. Therefore, Basque discourse markers become grammaticalized, rather than the language becoming phonetically borrowed, because grammatical structures transfer more readily under contact pressure.

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