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valency grammar

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valency grammar
n
(Linguistics) a system of linguistic syntax, conceived by analogy with chemical valency, according to which verbs have valencies dependent on the number of noun phrases with which they combine See valency [2]


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Verbal entries are organized not only along conventional criteria--transitive, intransitive, impersonal--but, notably, according to criteria from valency grammar (dependency grammar).
 
 
 
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