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Valence Of English Nouns Derived From Trivalent Verbs

Table 2:

No Ways of expressing the semantic subject of trivalent nouns Amount
Abs. %
1. Not expressed VAN Sub 651 75.3
2. Possessive pronoun (often + human Ob1) 101 11.6
3. Possessive noun 56 6.5
4. Relative adjective 29 3.4
5. Prepositional noun 17 2
6. Clause 9 1
7. Subjective noun 2 0.2
Total 865 100
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