結けつ合ごう価か

noun

valence; valency

Linguistics term referring to the number of arguments a predicate can take. Used in technical contexts such as syntax and semantics.

• 動どう詞しの結けつ合ごう価かは、その動どう詞しが取とる項こうの数すうを示しめす。

  The valency of a verb indicates the number of arguments it takes.

• 結けつ合ごう価かの概がい念ねんは、言げん語ご学がくの統とう語ご論ろんでよく使つかわれる。

  The concept of valency is often used in syntactic theory in linguistics.