French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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valency

Fr    actance, valence

nS

Synonym(s): valence

Related term(s): actant₁, argument₁, avalent, bivalent, dependency, dependency grammar, divalent, monovalent, one-place, participant₁, trivalent, two-place

Domain: Syntax

Source(s): Comrie 1981: 51; Crystal 2003: 487 (= adicity, arity; also "valent", "valency grammar", "valency set", "valency role"); Dik I 1997: 8f. (quantitative valency, qualitative valency, valency reduction, valency extension), 59 (valency structure = argument structure); ELL: 4878-4886 (also "valency grammar"); Hartmann & Stork 1972: 62; Lyons 1977: 434; Martin & Ringham 2006: 208; Matthews 1981: 100; Matthews 1997: 335 (semantic valency, syntactic valency), 394 (also "valency dictionary", "valency grammar"); Richards etal. 1992: 101; Trask 1993: 296; Trask 1996: 371

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	utterance1
	utterance2
	utterance pattern
	utterance-token
	utterance-type
	uttereme
	utterer
	uvula
	uvular1
	uvular2
	uvularized
	vague
	vagueness
	valence
	valency

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