Valency and constructions. Perspectives on combining words.

Abstract

This volume contains papers on the theme valency and constructions, including papers from an international workshop on the same topic held at the University of Gothenburg. The aim is to cover many aspects of the broad topic of valency and constructions.

Different languages are represented, for example Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Swedish. Different perspectives on the topic can be identified: lexicographic, constructionist, event-structure, and frame semantics, to name but a few.