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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 , Ian F. Roe and Dieter Götz
  • In collaboration with: Michael Klotz
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2004
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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.

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Thomas Herbst, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; David Heath, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; Ian F. Roe, University of Reading, UK; Dieter Götz, University of Augsburg, Germany.

Reviews

"So ist mit dem Valency Dictionary of English eine Wörterbuch entstanden, das im Gegensatz zu anderen Übersichten und Nachschlagewerken deutlich mehr systematisch gegliederte sowie detailliertere Informationen bezüglich der angeführten Wörter bereitstellt. Gerade dieses Attribute machen das Wörterbuch zu einem wertvollen und praxisorientierten Hilfsmittel für den korrekten Umgang mit der englischen Sprache."
Rudolf Emons in: Anglia 2/2007

"Das vorliegende Valenzwörterbuch des Englischen zeigt nun - in überzeugender und erfreulicher Weise -, dass die Debatte um die Valenz keineswegs obsolet geworden und schon gar nicht abgeschlossen ist, dass damit auch keineswegs die - nach wie vor - zentralen Fragen der syntaktischen Valenz in den Hintergrund getreten sind."
Gerhard Helbig in: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 1/2006

"Ein wahrer Rolls Royce unter den Wörterbüchern."
Franz Josef Hausmann in: Lexicographica 21/2005

"The Valency Dictionary of English clearly fills a gap in the large body of lexical reference works available for the English language. The small investment of time necessary before it can be put to effective use is worthwhile not only for linguists, but also for non-native teachers and advanced learners of English."
Nadja Nesselhauf in English Language & Linguistics, 9, 2-2005


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Hardcover published on:
December 17, 2004
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110171945
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