Learning What Cannot Be by Failing Expectations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20377849 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christer Johansson (0000-0002-8459-9852, University of Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-76 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0332-5865 • E-ISSN: 1502-4717 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03325869950137054 |
| OpenAlex | W2105117202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article presents an explanation for the lack of some neuter gender forms in an otherwise productive paradigm for the formation of neuter gender adjectives. The explanation draws on a proper understanding of (exemplar-based) analogy under some conditions. One condition is that the problematic form resembles a free morpheme by the loss of a morpheme/syllable boundary in its derivation. The second condition is that the problematic forms tend to share some property (for example, referring to a nonverifiable property such as internal (mental) states). Problematic forms might thus mutually support other such forms by analogy and similarity, and thus create a paradigmatic gap. It is argued that exemplars (with context), and analogy between similar exemplars, necessarily restrict and licence the use of derived forms
Analogy · Epistemology · Linguistics · Morpheme · Syllable · Computer Science · Gender Studies in Language · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |