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Comparative Concept: valency, valency class (sem)

Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)

valency, valency class (sem)

Typ	meaning
Alias(se)	valency, valency class • valency • valency class
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Taxonomie

valency, valency class (sem)

bivalent (sem) monovalent (sem) trivalent (sem) avalent (sem)

Definition

a class of events based on the number of central participant roles in the event, also described as the valency of an event. Events are divided into three valency classes: monovalent events, bivalent events, and trivalent events. (Section 6.1.2)