COMBINATORY VALENCIES – A POLYVALENT LINGUISTIC ISSUE
COMBINATORY VALENCIES – A POLYVALENT LINGUISTIC ISSUE

Summary/Abstract: Our paper aims to approach one of the most important problems that emerge when using a foreign language in any manner, that is – combinatory valences of words. The given matter relates to a wide range of linguistic segments: morphology (since valence has to do with the connections between certain parts of speech), lexicology (as all these words are part of the lexical background of the language) and, last but not least, translation (because the result may vary from occasional funny mistakes to serious translation errors). Starting from a number of theories elaborated by various linguists, we illustrate each category that has been mentioned by providing contrastive examples, so as to ensure the access to as much information as possible. We argue that the usefulness of such a study lays in the fact that errors can and should rather be prevented than corrected and the more relevant the examples are, the easier it is to keep them in mind and make proper use of one’s knowledge.

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