| Lemma | accidental semantic gap |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Chomsky (1969) |
| Titolo | Aspects of the theory of syntax |
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| Citazioni | Thus what must be shown is that the possible but nonoccurring lexical entries have the status of "accidental semantic gaps" in the sense that they correspond to lexical items that the language does not provide for specifically but could in principle incorporate with no alteration of the general semantic system within which it functions. |