Concept: valency alternation

Definition

A valency alternation is a pair of related valency constructions with correspondences between argument positions.

Comments

In Haspelmath (2026), this is described as "a pair of sister valency constructions", using the expression "sister constructions" for a set of paradigmatically related constructions (Jackendoff & Audring 2020).

Sources
Haspelmath 2026; Jackendoff and Audring 2020