Defective Paradigms: Missing Forms and What They Tell Us (Proceedings of the British Academy)

by Greville G . Corbett (Editor), Matthew Baerman (Editor), Dunstan Brown (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $102.37

  This is the first volume devoted to the theory and typology of gaps in inflectional paradigms. Such gaps have been recognised since the days of Classical grammarians, but they remain poorly understood. This volume addresses these issues from historical, statistical and theoretical approaches, and by using studies from a range of languages.