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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. Other valence changing operations include [[Causative (definition)|causatives]], [[Applicative (definition)|applicatives]], [[Reflexive (definition)|reflexives]], and so on.
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==See Also==
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*[[Voice in Morphology (definition)|Voice]]
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*[[Argument (definition)|Argument]]
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*[[Valence (definition)|Valence]]
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==External Links==
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*wikipedia article on Valency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valency_(linguistics)
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==References==

Revision as of 18:51, 29 June 2009

Valence changing operations describe syntactic alternations in which the number of arguments of a verb (i.e., its syntactic valence) changes. These alternations are thought to be the result of operations which increase or decrease the lexically-determined valence of a verb. passivization, for instance, demotes a core argument (the subject) to a non-core argument, and optionally deletes it. Other valence changing operations include causatives, applicatives, reflexives, and so on.

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