The “bizarre” valency behaviour of Finnish verbs: How a specific context gives rise to valency alternation patterns

Authors

  • Leena Kolehmainen University of Helsinki
  • Meri Larjavaara University of Helsinki

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24338/cons-375

Abstract

The paper discusses two cases of valency alternations in Modern Finnish that to our knowledge have not attracted much attention. We discuss sentences (a) in which a verb which is normally used intransitively, i.e. without an object, is used transitively, i.e. with an object, and (b) in which a transitive verb appears with a new type of object.

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Published

2022-03-17

How to Cite

Kolehmainen, L., & Larjavaara, M. (2022). The “bizarre” valency behaviour of Finnish verbs: How a specific context gives rise to valency alternation patterns. Constructions, 1. https://doi.org/10.24338/cons-375

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