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'''Valence changing operations''' describe syntactic alternations in which the number of [[Argument (definition)|arguments]] of a verb (i.e., its syntactic [[Valence (definition)|valence]]) changes. These alternations are thought to be the result of operations which increase or decrease the lexically-determined valence of a verb. [[Passive Voice (definition)|Passivization]], for instance, demotes a core argument (the [[Subject (definition)|subject]]) to a non-core argument, and optionally deletes it. 

==See Also==
*[[Voice in Morphology (definition)|Voice]]
*[[Argument (definition)|Argument]]
*[[Valence (definition)|Valence]]
*[[Passive Voice (definition)]]
*[[Passives]]

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*wikipedia article on Valency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valency_(linguistics)

==References==
*Carnie, A. (2013) Syntax: A Generative Introduction.'' 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell. 
*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.

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