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A Valency Dictionary of English

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A Valency Dictionary of English - Heath, David, and Herbst, Thomas
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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 ...

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A Valency Dictionary of English 2004, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston

ISBN-13: 9783110171945

Hardcover