Paradigmatic gaps ('missing' inflected forms) have traditionally
been considered to be the random detritus of a language's history
and marginal exceptions to the normal functioning of its
inflectional system. Arguing that this is a misperception,
Inflectional Defectiveness demonstrates that paradigmatic gaps are
in fact normal and expected products of inflectional structure.
Sims offers an accessible exploration of how and why inflectional
defectiveness arises, why it persists, and how it is learned. The
book presents a theory of morphology which is rooted in the
implicative structure of the paradigm. This systematic exploration
of the topic also addresses questions of inflection class
organization, the morphology-syntax interface, the structure of the
lexicon, and the nature of productivity. Presenting a novel
synthesis of established research and new empirical data, this work
is significant for researchers and graduate students in all fields
of linguistics.
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