Expecting the Unexpected: Exceptions in Grammar

Horst J. Simon

ISBN 10: 3110219085 / ISBN 13: 9783110219081

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2011

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Expecting the Unexpected: Exceptions in Grammar
• Publisher: De Gruyter, DE
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110219085
• ISBN 13: 9783110219081
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 801 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Horst J. Simon, King's College London, UK; Heike Wiese, University of Potsdam, Germany.