English Phrasal Verb, 1650present - History, Stylistic Drifts, and Lexicalisation

A fine-grained qualitative and quantitative analysis of phrasal verbs covering almost 400 years, based on large amounts of empirical evidence.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Corpus and methodology; 3. Delimiting the scope of the study: what are phrasal verbs?; 4. The relationship between phrasal verbs and the processes of grammaticalisation, lexicalisation, and idiomatisation; 5. Phrasal verbs 1650-1990: Linguistic aspects; 6. Phrasal verbs 1650-1990: cross-genre distribution; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Paula Rodríguez-Puente is Ph.D. Lecturer of English Language and Linguistics at the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain. She has published widely in international journals such as English Studies, English Language and Linguistics and Folia Linguistica Historica as well as contributed to prestigious edited volumes.

Summary

Ideal for researchers and students in English historical linguistics and syntax, this comprehensive study traces the development of phrasal verbs from early modern to present-day English. Based on large amounts of empirical evidence it shows the phrasal verb to be one of the most idiosyncratic features of English.

Product details

• Authors: RODR GUEZ-PUE PAUL, Paula Rodr¿ez-Puente, Paula Rodriguez-Puente, Paula (Universidad De Oviedo Rodriguez-Puente, Paula (Universidade De Santiago Rodriguez-Puente, Paula (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Rodriguez-Puente, Paula Rodríguez-Puente
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781107101746
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10174-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics