Building bridges: the German-Spanish valency dictionary and its application for the development of new lexicographical resources

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the German-Spanish valency dictionary (VLdsp) published in 2017, which continues the tradition of a range of valency dictionaries that Ulrich Engel initiated decades ago. In addition to outlining the most important features of our dictionary, with special attention to the most relevant innovations of the VLdsp in comparison to earlier valency dictionaries, we discuss the decisions which were taken when compiling the dictionary aimed at providing a clearer and more detailed representation of equivalence. Finally, the paper also examines potential applications of the syntactic-semantic valency information included in the dictionary for the development of further resources.