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A Valency Dictionary of English : A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Complementation Patterns of English Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives / Thomas Herbst, David Heath, Dieter Götz, Ian F. Roe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 40Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (961 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110171945
  • 9783110892581
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425/.018
LOC classification:
  • PE1369 ǂb V35 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- I A brief guide to the Valency Dictionary of English -- II Valency theory and the Valency Dictionary of English A few remarks on the linguistic and lexicographical principles -- Dictionary -- A -- Β -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- κ -- L -- M -- Ν -- O -- Ρ -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Approaches to the dictionary -- Important symbols occurring in this dictionary
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- I A brief guide to the Valency Dictionary of English -- II Valency theory and the Valency Dictionary of English A few remarks on the linguistic and lexicographical principles -- Dictionary -- A -- Β -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- κ -- L -- M -- Ν -- O -- Ρ -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Approaches to the dictionary -- Important symbols occurring in this dictionary

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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 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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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