Contrastive Studies In Verbal Valency (linguistik Aktuell/linguistics Today)
by Michela Cennamo /
2017 / English / PDF
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In recent years, issues of verbal valency, valency alternations and
verb classes have seen a new upsurge of interest from a variety of
perspectives. This book comprises articles investigating valency
phenomena on a contrastive basis within Romance, Germanic and
Slavic, and also in Basque and in the West-African language Ga, as
well as classical Greek and Sanskrit. Phenomena include transitive
and ditransitive constructions and alternations, involving
reflexives, cognate objects, ’null’ objects, case (in its
syntagmatic and paradigmatic aspects), and infinitives, mostly in a
synchronic perspective. Aiming at a closer understanding of the
range of regularities falling within the concept of valency frames,
the book offers a representative array of current assumptions,
hypotheses, methodologies and new findings within the overall
field. The volume will provide a valuable resource for researchers
and students both in general linguistics and in the relevant
language particular disciplines.
In recent years, issues of verbal valency, valency alternations and
verb classes have seen a new upsurge of interest from a variety of
perspectives. This book comprises articles investigating valency
phenomena on a contrastive basis within Romance, Germanic and
Slavic, and also in Basque and in the West-African language Ga, as
well as classical Greek and Sanskrit. Phenomena include transitive
and ditransitive constructions and alternations, involving
reflexives, cognate objects, ’null’ objects, case (in its
syntagmatic and paradigmatic aspects), and infinitives, mostly in a
synchronic perspective. Aiming at a closer understanding of the
range of regularities falling within the concept of valency frames,
the book offers a representative array of current assumptions,
hypotheses, methodologies and new findings within the overall
field. The volume will provide a valuable resource for researchers
and students both in general linguistics and in the relevant
language particular disciplines.
