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Multi-word verbs
Phrasal verbs
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Phrasal verbs
two syntactic types
A) intransitive(Type I)
B) transitive (Type II).
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Intransitive phrasal verbs
intransitive verb followed by an adverbparticle:
1) a. The plane has just touched down.
b. He is playing around.
c. I hope you'll get by. d. The negotiations broke down.
2) a. One o !y papers has gone astray.
b. The two girls ha"e allen out.
c. The a"ourite ro!ped ho!e.
#) $%The news !ade hi! reel distractedly back.
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Intransitive phrasal verbs
usually informal and often idiomatic
the meaning of the whole cannot bepredicted from the individual
meanings of the two constituentse.g. gi"e in 'surrender'& catch on 'understand' etc.
the degree of idiomaticity varies fromcombination to combination
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Phrasal verbsvs. freecombinations
ree co!binations the "erb acts as anor!al intransiti"e "erb and the ad"erbhas its own !eaning
hat is the dierence between phrasal"erbs and ree co!binations in terms ofSEA!"I# #$%ESI$!$ ase yourconsiderations on the ollowinge*a!ples
+) a. He walked past. ('past the object,place')
b. I waded across. ('across the ri"er,water')
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5) a. jumped
swam
ran
He waded across. walked
flew
hopped
crawled b. up
through
in
He waded across over
down
6)They livened up.
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rasa ver s vs. reecombinations
syntactic signs of cohesionTests
Insertion of a modifying adverb:
') a. (o right/straight on.
b. rin* right up.
c. +al* straightin.
,) a. -"he prisoner bro*e right down.
b. She turned right up.
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placement of the adverb before the verb
with subject-verb inversion
9) a. Out came the sun.
b. Upyou come.
c. On we droveinto the night.
d. Down wentthe rum.
10) a. Up blewthe tan!. b. Upit blew. "#e$ploded)
c. Outhepassed. "#%ainted&)
d. Out have they fallen."'(uarreled&)
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Adverb preposing/fronting
11) a. They chattered away.
b. *+way they chattered.
1,) On and on he went about his wi%e and %amily.
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"ype II phrasal verbs /transitive)
basic "erb - ad"erb construction isollowed by an /
1#) a. e will set up a new unit.
b. He can't li"e down his past.c. 0hall I put away the dishes$d. I cant !ake out what he !eans.e. ind out i they are co!ing.
. e pushed ho!e our ad"antage.g. 0he's bringing up two children.h. 0he looked up her children.i. 0o!eone turned on the light.
j. I"e handed in !y resignation.
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"ype II phrasal verbs /transitive) may be passivised
1+) a. 3 new unit will be set up. b. The light was turned on numerous phrasal verbs may be used either
transitively or intransitively.+hat semantic correlates may this have-:14) a. 5ont gi"e in to hi!.
b. 6i"e your e*a!ination papers in (to theteacher) when you"e 7nished.
18) a. e"e got a rubber boat that blows up.b. e sure to blow up the tyres beore you set o9.c. The ather blew up when she arri"ed.d. The ene!y blew up the bridge.e. The photographer blew the childs picture upand entered it into a co!petition. (:to enlarge)
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"ype II phrasal verbs /transitive)
ith most "ype II phrasal verbs& aswith ree co!binations o the sa!e type&the particle can either precede or
follow the direct ob0ect !&1;) a. They turned on the light.
b. They turned the light on.
preferences1restrictionsin certaincases. Try to speciy these
1
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/"ransitive) phrasal verbs vs. freecombinations
with reerence to the se!anticcohesion o the co!bination1nclear cases2?) @et's turn, switch,put it up,on,o9, out, down
-ree combination
hrasal verb
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/"ransitive) phrasal verbs vs. freecombinations
adverb fronting- useless as test
$%Out he took a gun.
adverb insertion-
The pilot jerked the le"er right back.$%They put the !eeting hurriedly o9