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 |