A Valency Dictionary of English

This dictionary provides a valency description of English verbs, nouns and adjectives. Each entry contains a comprehensive list of the complementation patterns identified on the basis of the largest corpus of English available at the present time. All examples are taken directly from the COBUILD/Birmingham corpus. The valency description comprises statements about the quantitative valency of the lexical units established, an inventory of their obligatory, contextually optional and purely optional complements as well as systematic information on the semantic and collocational properties of the complements. An outline of the model of valency theory used in this dictionary is provided in the introduction.

Auteur

Thomas Herbst, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; David Heath, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; Ian F. Roe, University of Reading, UK; Dieter Götz, University of Augsburg, Germany.

Contenu

I A brief guide to the Valency Dictionary of English

1. The functions of this dictionary
2. The structure of the dictionary
3. Complement inventory
4. The pattern-and-examples section
5. The note block

6. Idiomatic phrasal verbs section
   II Valency theory and the Valency Dictionary of English

7. Introduction
8. Valency theory and lexicography
9. The basic assumptions of valency theory: complements and adjuncts
10. The form of the complements
11. Semantic and lexical aspects of complements
12. Obligatory and optional complements
13. Valency patterns in this dictionary
14. Information on meaning in this dictionary
15. Further information about this dictionary
16. Final remarks
    Bibliography

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