Valence českých verbálních jmen v nominálních konstrukcích a ve verbonominálních predikátech s kategoriálním slovesem
Valency of Czech verbal nouns in nominal constructions and in verbonominal constructions with light verbs

Summary/Abstract: Comparing valency behavior of the two selected types of Czech verbal nouns (ending in -ní/-tí), i.e. the ones denoting actions, e.g. poučení ‘instructing’, and the ones denoting abstract results of actions, e.g. poučení ‘advice’, it can be observed that they differ especially in the surface syntactic expression of their valency complementations. In nominal constructions, surface expression of valency complementations of verbal nouns denoting actions can be typically derived from valency structure of their base verbs. In contrast, verbal nouns denoting abstract results of actions often express their valency complementations on the surface in a non-systemic way. In verbonominal constructions, the syntactic center of which is a light verb, verbal nouns denoting actions systematically employ their participant Agent (in a broad sense) on the surface as the subject provided by the light verb. Contrary to that, verbal nouns denoting abstract results of actions can often express more semantic participants on the surface as verbal modifications, and the choice of light verbs can change the perspective from which the situations denoted by these verbal nouns are viewed.

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