exceptionlessness

English

Etymology

exceptionless +‎ -ness

Noun

exceptionlessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of exceptions.
    • 2024 January 18, Wikipedia contributors, “Neogrammarian”, in English Wikipedia‎, Wikimedia Foundation:
      Subsequent researchers have questioned this [Neogrammarian] hypothesis from two perspectives. First, adherents of lexical diffusion (where a sound change affects only a few words at first and then gradually spreads to other words) believe that some words undergo changes before others. Second, some believe that it is possible for sound changes to observe grammatical conditioning. Nonetheless, both of these challenges to exceptionlessness remain controversial, and many investigators continue to adhere to the Neogrammarian doctrine.[1]

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  1. For a discussion and rejection of grammatical conditioning see Hill, Nathan W. (2014). "Grammatically conditioned sound change". Language and Linguistics Compass. 8 (6): 211–229. doi:10.1111/lnc3.12073. S2CID 19324261.
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