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Every verb is lemmatised as a '''verbal noun''' which is vital for the periphrastic present. Derivational strategies have varied wildly, though most verbal nouns resemble the conjunct form of the present active or its equivalent in the present stative - the independent form. '''Valency''' cannot be inferred from the verbal noun, however. It is formally marked by the presence of a preverb in transitive verbs and its absence otherwise, but this nearly rigid system is a relatively recent development. Simplex bivalent verbs still see use in the Middle period, especially in sacred poetry and prose. A group of frequent, semantically transitive but formally stative verbs has evoked the term ''deponency'' in academic literature, with the concession that this cannot be considered a proper category in morphological classification. Similarly, the productivity of ''causative'' lexical formation must be simply noted, so as to not be overstated.