Changes in Valency Structure of Verbs: Grammar vs. Lexicon
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چکیده
In this paper, we deal with changes in valency structure of Czech verbs from a lexicographic point of view. We focus only on syntactic constructions that are related in principle to the same (generalized) situation. Changes in valency structure are understood as different mappings between individual participants of a generalized situation and valency slots, including their morphemic realization. We distinguish two types of changes in valency structure, so-called grammatical diatheses and semantic diatheses. We introduce a basic typology of potential changes in valency structure and we propose a method of the representation of these changes in the valency lexicon of Czech verbs VALLEX.
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