Every linguistic theory has to come to grips with a fundamental property of human language: the existence of exceptions, i.e. phenomena that do not follow the s

With most studies on grammatical variation concentrating on the synchronic level, a systematic investigation of long-term grammatical variation within the conte

This volume examines the conflicting factors that shape the content and form of grammatical rules in language usage. Speakers and addressees need to contend wit

The papers in this volume can be grouped into two broad, overlapping classes: those dealing primarily with case and those dealing primarily with grammatical rel

This book is the first systematic analysis of the emergence of, and the resolution strategies for, inconsistency in linguistic theorizing.