Herbst T (2020)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2020
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edited Volumes: The Oxford Handbook of English Grammar
City/Town: Oxford
ISBN: 9780198755104
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198755104.013.12
This chapter provides a survey of various approaches within the field of dependency grammar. First, the basic concepts of Tesnière’s Éléments de syntaxe structurale (1959) such as actants, circonstants, junction, and translation are outlined. Then the application of the concept of dependency in different approaches such as that taken in Hudson’s Word Grammar and in Mel’čuk’s approach are discussed. Section 7.4 focuses on the development of valency theory and related approaches and their application to English, discussing the complement–adjunct distinction, the idea of optionality of complements and the approach taken to the description of valency in the Valency Dictionary of English. Finally, it will be shown how valency and dependency can be related to more recent constructionist theories.
APA:
Herbst, T. (2020). Dependency and valency approaches. In Bas Aarts, Jill Bowie, Gergana Popova (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
MLA:
Herbst, Thomas. "Dependency and valency approaches." The Oxford Handbook of English Grammar. Ed. Bas Aarts, Jill Bowie, Gergana Popova, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
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