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'''Valency''' (or '''valence''') refers to the argument-taking potential of [[verb]]s, and sometimes also [[adjective]]s and [[noun]]s. | '''Valency''' (or '''valence''') refers to the argument-taking potential of [[verb]]s, and sometimes also [[adjective]]s and [[noun]]s. | ||
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| + | the verb ''open'' is associated with the semantic roles Agent, Theme, and Instrument (e.g. ''John'' [AGENT] ''opened the door'' [THEME] ''with his key'' [INSTRUMENT]), while the verbs ''ran'' and ''arrive'' are only associated with the Agent role (''Bill ran'') or Theme role (''John arrived''), respectively. | ||
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* Tesnière, Lucien. 1959. ''Éléments de syntaxe structurale.'' Paris: Klincksieck. | * Tesnière, Lucien. 1959. ''Éléments de syntaxe structurale.'' Paris: Klincksieck. | ||
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German [[Valenz]] | German [[Valenz]] | ||
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| + | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Valency&lemmacode=104 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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[[Category:Valence|!]] | [[Category:Valence|!]] | ||
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Valency (or valence) refers to the argument-taking potential of verbs, and sometimes also adjectives and nouns.
Example
the verb open is associated with the semantic roles Agent, Theme, and Instrument (e.g. John [AGENT] opened the door [THEME] with his key [INSTRUMENT]), while the verbs ran and arrive are only associated with the Agent role (Bill ran) or Theme role (John arrived), respectively.
Comments
This term has always been more widespread in European linguistics than in American linguistics.
Synonyms
The following terms mean roughly the same as valency:
Origin
The term was adopted from chemistry by Lucien Tesnière.
References
- Tesnière, Lucien. 1959. Éléments de syntaxe structurale. Paris: Klincksieck.
Other languages
German Valenz
