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A valency dictionary of English : a corpus-based analysis of the complementation patterns of English verbs, nouns, and adjectives /
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/Bir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Topics in English linguistics ;
40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. Key Features unique reference work with no comparable publication on the market English is the world's most important lingua franca and the most frequently learned second language. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xlii, 961 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110892581 3110892588 3110188279 9783110188271 |