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accidental gap (plural accidental gaps)

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(linguistics) A potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite the fact that it would be permissible by the grammatical rules of that language.

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-# {{lb|en|linguistics}} A potential [[word#Noun|word]], word {{l|en|sense|id=any particular meaning of a word|sense}}, [[morpheme#Noun|morpheme]], or other form that does not [[exist#Verb|exist]] in some [[language#Noun|language]] despite that it would be permissible by the [[grammar#Noun|grammatical]] rules of that language; its absence is therefore an accidental [[gap#Noun|gap]], in the {{l|en|accident|id=philosophical sense, versus essence or substance|ontologic sense of the word ''accidental''}} (that is, circumstantial rather than [[essence#Noun|essential]]).
+# {{lb|en|linguistics}} A potential [[word#Noun|word]], word {{l|en|sense|id=any particular meaning of a word}}, [[morpheme#Noun|morpheme]], or other form that does not [[exist#Verb|exist]] in some [[language#Noun|language]] despite the fact that it would be permissible by the [[grammar#Noun|grammatical]] rules of that language.
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