Expecting the unexpected : exceptions in grammar / edited by Horst J. Simon, Heike Wiese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simon, Horst J.

Wiese, Heike.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 216.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 216

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammatical categories.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Generative grammar.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every linguistic theory has to come to grips with a fundamental property of human language: the existence of exceptions, i.e. phenomena that do not follow the standard patterns one observes otherwise. The contributions to this volume discuss and exemplify a variety of approaches to exceptionality within different formal and non-formal frameworks. Topics include criteria for exceptionality, the diachronic rise of exceptions, the relevance of different grammatical subsystems and their interaction in the explanation of exceptions, and the crucial characteristics of grammatical models that can accommodate exceptions. A special feature of the book is that the articles are accompanied by peer-commentaries and responses thereupon, thus opening up the papers to further discussion.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introductory overview

What are exceptions? And what can be done about them? / Simon, Horst J. / Wiese, Heike

Coming to grips with exceptions / Moravcsik, Edith

Classical loci for exceptions: morphology and the lexicon

Exceptions to stress and harmony in Turkish: co-phonologies or prespecification? / Kabak, Barıs¸ / Vogel, Irene

Lexical exceptions as prespecification: some critical remarks / Hall, T.A.

Feature spreading, lexical specification and truncation / Kabak, Barıs¸ / Vogel, Irene

Higher order exceptionality in inflectional morphology / Corbett, Greville G.

An I-language view of morphological 'exceptionality': Comments on Corbett's paper / Anderson, Stephen R.

Exceptions and what they tell us: reflections on Anderson's comments / Corbett, Greville G.

How do exceptions arise? On different paths to morphological irregularity / Nübling, Damaris

On the role of subregularities in the rise of exceptions / Dressler, Wolfgang U.

Statement on the commentary by Wolfgang U. Dressler / Nübling, Damaris

Taking into account interactions of grammatical sub-systems

Lexical variation in relativizer frequency / Wasow, Thomas / Jaeger, T. Florian /

Corpus evidence and the role of probability estimates in processing decisions / Kempson, Ruth

Response to Kempson's comments / Wasow, Thomas / Jaeger, T. Florian / Orr, David

Structured exceptions and case selection in Insular Scandinavian / G´ısli Jónsson, Jóhannes /

Remarks on two kinds of exceptions: arbitrary vs. structured exceptions / Fischer, Susann

Response to Susann Fischer / G´ısli Jónsson, Jóhannes /

Loosening the strictness of grammar

Three approaches to exceptionality in syntactic typology / Newmeyer, Frederick J.

Remarks on three approaches to exceptionality in syntactic typology / Alexiadou, Artemis

A reply to the commentary by Artemis Alexiadou / Newmeyer, Frederick J.

Three types of exceptions - and all of them rule-based / Featherston, Sam

Anomalies and exceptions / Haider, Hubert

Distinguishing lexical and syntactic exceptions / Featherston, Sam

Disagreement, variation, markedness, and other apparent exceptions / Vogel, Ralf

What is an exception to what? - Some comments on Ralf Vogel's contribution / Riemsdijk, Henk van

Response to van Riemsdijk / Vogel, Ralf

Describing exceptions in a formal grammar framework / Fouvry, Frederik

Explanation and constraint relaxation / Hacken, Pius ten

Unexpected loci for exceptions: languages and language families

Quantitative explorations of the worldwide distribution of rare characteristics, or: the exceptionality of northwestern European languages / Cysouw, Michael

Remarks on rarity / Dahl, Östen

Some more details about the definition of rarity / Cysouw, Michael

Subject index

Language index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786613164872

9781283164870

1283164876

9783110219098

3110219093

OCLC:

723945455