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Slovesná valence v češtině nerodilých mluvčích
Verb Valency in Non-native Czech

Author(s): Andrea Hudousková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Syntax, Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: verb valency; Czech for foreigners; learner corpus; CEFR levels

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of the analysis of verb valency in non-native Czech on the basis of the learner corpus MERLIN. In order to confirm the hypothesis based on previous studies on valency in non-native Czech, i.e. that non-native speakers overuse prototypical patterns and central meanings of verbs, the use of verbs and their valency frames were examined in 148 texts at CEFR levels A2, B1, and B2. The research based on 3350 occurrences of verbs leads to the conclusion that the number of valency patterns and expressed meanings indeed does not significantly increase with higher level of proficiency.

  • Issue Year: 15/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 26-41
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech
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