Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 230 Seiten, KART, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 392 g
Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 230 Seiten, KART, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 392 g
Reihe: Linguistische Berichte : [...], Sonderheft
ISBN: 978-3-96769-290-7
Verlag: Buske
Grammars are (metaphorically speaking) instructions for the correct use of languages. One might expect that grammars are complete, i.e., that they provide an appropriate solution for each utterance context. Interestingly, however, grammars seem to show gaps, which are caused by the fact that rules (or forms) in certain domains are missing completely or that individual rules contradict each other and that the resulting conflict prevents their application. Grammatical gaps, whose relevance for a ‘realistic’ theory of grammar was probably first pointed out by Marga Reis, have come into the focus of research in recent years. The present special issue collects papers on different kinds of gaps and shows how fruitful and important the investigation of grammatical gaps can prove to be.
Inhalt:
Introduction
– Ralf Vogel: Grammatical gaps, grammatical invention and grammatical theory
– André Meinunger: Unexpected finite verb forms in German – cases of grammatical illusion?
– Patrick Mächler, Anja Hasse: Gaps of definiteness. Marking of (in)definiteness in Swiss German, Norwegian, Faroese and Elfdalian
– Elisabeth Scherr: Attraction of the void. The lack of aspect in German and its effect on language change
– Oliver Schallert: Morphological gaps in verbal diminutive formation: Some observations on Alemannic
– Julia Bacskai-Atkari: Syntactic paradigms, markedness and similative markers in comparative and relative clauses
– Fenna Bergsma: A typology of case competition in headless relatives
– Ewa Trutkowski: How sex and gender shape agreement in German relative clauses
– Tabea Reiner: What counts as a gap? The case of typological hierarchies