Abstract
The analysis of verb-particle constructions, or verb-preposition constructions, as I will call them, has-given rise to much debate in the linguistic literature over a long period of time. Traditionally, a bipartite classification of these structures has been assumed consisting of a class of ‘phrasal verbs’, such as those in (1) and (2), and a class of ‘prepositional verbs’, such as those in (3):(1) Iswitchedthe lightoff.(2) Ilookedthe informationup.(3)Look atthe prospectus: it clearly states that your admissiondepends onyour examination results.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Philosophy,Language and Linguistics
Reference24 articles.
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2. Connectedness and binary branching
3. The grammar of English phrasal verbs
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