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    Verb-Particle Constructions - An Overview: - Verb-Particle Construction: Mwe Made Up of Verb

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    This document provides an overview of verb-particle constructions, which are multi-word expressions made up of a verb and particle. It discusses the types of verb-particle constructions including phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, and phrasal-prepositional verbs. It also examines the effects particles can have on their governing verbs in terms of aspect, valency, and other meanings. Additionally, it outlines tests that can be used to distinguish between phrasal and prepositional verbs as well as lexicalized and institutionalized verb-particle constructions.

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    This document provides an overview of verb-particle constructions, which are multi-word expressions made up of a verb and particle. It discusses the types of verb-particle constructions including phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, and phrasal-prepositional verbs. It also examines the effects particles can have on their governing verbs in terms of aspect, valency, and other meanings. Additionally, it outlines tests that can be used to distinguish between phrasal and prepositional verbs as well as lexicalized and institutionalized verb-particle constructions.

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    This document provides an overview of verb-particle constructions, which are multi-word expressions made up of a verb and particle. It discusses the types of verb-particle constructions including phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, and phrasal-prepositional verbs. It also examines the effects particles can have on their governing verbs in terms of aspect, valency, and other meanings. Additionally, it outlines tests that can be used to distinguish between phrasal and prepositional verbs as well as lexicalized and institutionalized verb-particle constructions.

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    VERB-PARTICLE CONSTRUCTIONS AN OVERVIEW

    VERB-PARTICLE CONSTRUCTION: MWE made up of verb (head) and particle(s) PARTICLES: prepositions (e.g. o, over, up with) and spatial adverbs (e.g. away, over) phrasal verbs (come in, send away) vs. prepositional verbs (come with, receive from) vs. phrasal-prepositional verbs (run away with, send out into) [verb DO adverb preposition] Lexicalised (put N o, put N to rights, keep tabs on N) vs. institutionalised (accuse N of) verb-particle constructions

    Type Phrasal (inst) Phrasal (lex) Phrasal (inst) Phrasal (lex) Prepositional (inst) Prepositional (lex) Prepositional (inst) Prepositional (lex) Phrasal-prep (inst) Phrasal-prep (lex) Phrasal-prep (inst) Phrasal-prep (lex)

    V come crop send turn come come deprive take run come send put

    DO SBY SBY SBY SBY SBY SBY

    Adv in up away down away up out up

    P with across of her savings for with with into for

    +NP me a problem me a fool the ball an answer the world election

    EFFECTS OF PARTICLES ON THEIR GOVERNING VERBS

    Aspect: the particle alters the aspect of the verb (eat vs. eat up, play vs. play through) Valency: the particle alters the valency of the verb (eat vs. eat up, work vs. work o, hit vs. hit o) Misc: conative hit vs. hit at; reciprocal ring vs. ring back; repetitive start vs. start over

    TRANSITIVITY AND OBJECTPARTICLE ALTERNATION

    Joined usage: look up the word Split usage: look the word up Transitive phrasal verbs occur in both usages, transitive prepositional verbs in only joined usage.

    TESTS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN PHRASAL AND PREPOSITIONAL VERBS

    Pronouns occur in split usages with phrasal verbs, but in joined usages with prepositional verbs (look me up vs. *come me with) Adverbs can often be inserted between the verb and particle with prepositional verbs, but not phrasal verbs (come quickly with me vs. *look quickly up the word/*look quickly the word up) Phrasal verb particles cannot precede a relative pronoun when relativised, or WH-word when extraposed (*the word up which I looked vs. the person with whom I came)

    TESTS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN LEXICALISED AND INSTITUTIONALISED VERB-PARTICLES

    Single word paraphrasability: leave out=omit, put up with=tolerate BUT go past=pass Identiability: bring/take in/out vs. cut/slice up vs. come by

    TESTS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TRANSITIVE PREPO SITIONAL AND SIMPLE VERBS

    Fronting: On whom did he call Adverb insertability: call unexpectedly on the dean The PP can be repeated in response to a question, in coordinated constructions, etc.: A: Who did he call on? B: (On) his mother, Did he call on the dean or (on) his mother? Passivisability: only possible with prepositional verbs (I was called on vs. textcem*a knife was cut with)

    PRODUCTIVITY

    Full productivity: eat/gobble/drink/slurp up Near-full productivity: call/phone/ring/*telephone up Partial productivity: tell/slag/tick/*shout/*call/*talk o Non-productivity: start/*begin/*commence over

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