Based on an empirical study of English verbs, the author discusses to what extent complementation is predictable from meaning by examining whether semantically

Taking as its point of departure the general assumption that meaning is crucial in accounting for verb complementation, this volume presents the results of an e

This dictionary provides a valency description of English verbs, nouns and adjectives. Each entry contains a comprehensive list of the complementation patterns

In recent years, research on valency has led to important insights into the nature of language. Some of these findings are published in this volume for the firs

Valency patterns and valency orientation have been frequent topics of research under different perspectives, often poorly connected. Diachronic studies on these