Comparative Concept: valency, valency class (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
valency, valency class (sem)
| Typ | meaning (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | valency, valency class • valency/valency class • valency • valency class |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | valency, valency class (sem) |
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Definition
a class of events based on the number of central participant roles in the event, also described as the valency of an event. Events are divided into three valency classes: monovalent events, bivalent events, and trivalent events. (Section 6.1.2)