Introduction to the special issue on exemplar-based models in linguistics

Abstract

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a cluster of approaches in linguistic theory known as exemplar-based models. Such exemplar-based models are being developed in research domains as diverse as phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical linguistics, semantics, syntax, and language acquisition. This special issue brings together, for the first time, articles applying exemplarbased models to a wide range of linguistic subdisciplines. We hope that this collection will give readers a sense for the challenges and new research tools that exemplar-based models offer.