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<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An '''accidental gap''' is a non-existing word which is expected to exist given the hypothesized morphological rules of a particular language. <br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> In English it is possible to derive [[noun]]s from [[verb]]s by adding the [[suffix]]es ''-al'' and ''-(a)tion'' to the [[verbal stem]]. However, some such [[derivation]]s do not exist, although there are no grammatical reasons for their nonexistence. Compare the following examples:<br /> <br /> (i) <br /> recite recital recitation<br /> propose proposal proposition<br /> (ii) <br /> arrive arrival *arrivation<br /> refuse refusal *refusation<br /> (iii) <br /> derive *derival derivation<br /> describe *describal description<br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> In the literature, an accidental gap is usually thought of as a ''hole'' in a [[paradigm]]. <br /> <br /> ===Link===<br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Accidental+gap&amp;lemmacode=975 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Allen, M.R. 1978. Morphological Investigations, PhD diss. Univ. of Connecticut.<br /> *Bochner, H. 1988. The forms of Words: a Theory of Lexical Relationships, PhD diss. Harvard Univ. Cambridge.<br /> *Halle, M. 1973. Prolegomena to a Theory of Word-Formation. ''Linguistic Inquiry 4'', 451-464.<br /> *Scalise, S. 1984. ''Generative Morphology.'' Foris, Dordrecht.<br /> *Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory.'' Blackwell, Oxford.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Phonetics and Phonology]]</div>

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