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Valency (Linguistics)In linguistics Valency or valence refers to the capacity of a verb to take a specific number and type of arguments (noun phrase positions). A monovalent verb (e.g., "sleep") cannot take a direct object ("He sleeps," versus "He sleeps it."). A trivalent verb has three arguments (e.g., "give" has the giver, the givee, and the thing given). Another xample: In this sentence: Newlyn lies at the western end of Mount's Bay. the verb lies implies the occurrence of a subject and an adverbial (valency = 2). Compare to the sentence Newlyn lies which has a very different meaning On the other hand in By the turn of the century Newlyn had changed the verb changed only requires a subject (valancy = 1) as in the sentence Newlyn had changed The linguistical meaning of valence is derived from the definition of valency in chemistry external links - http://webdoc.gwdg.de/edoc/ia/eese/artic99/herbst/main1.html
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