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1. Introduction Thereare many appellations about phrasal verbs. Sometimes they are called two-wordverbs, compound verbs and so on. In this paper a phrasal verb refers to threekinds, the first kind is a verb which consists of a verb followed by a preposition(for example: think of), the second kind is a verb followed by an adverb (forexample: work out), the third kind is a verb followed by an adverb and apreposition (for example: catch up with). Its applied scope is developed widelyand its prominent place in usage is becoming more and more obvious. It isimportant to understand phrasal verbs in an article because the effects oftheir “throat” in understanding a sentence. In order to make this paper to beunderstood easily, the writer will not discuss the third kind of phrasal verb,because the third kind of phrasal verb is almost the same as the second one inusage and function. http://www.paper51.com The charactersof phrasal verbs show their abandon meanings and various shapes, and many ofthem have the characters of idioms. This makes people feel difficult to understand their meanings,especially their analyses between prepositions and adverbs. The former writersalways analyze phrasal verbs and their characters generally. Although thereaders have understood what the writers say, they do not know how to start todistinguish or understand phrasal verbs. Differently, this paper pays most ofthe attention to the logical methods in phrasal verb’s usage. By learning thispaper, the readers can know how to analyze the structure and understand thecharacteristics in phrasal verbs. It's very helpful to comprehend the meaningand usage of them. 内容来自www.paper51.com
2. The Structure andCharacters of Phrasal Verbs copyright paper51.com
2. 1 TheStructure of Phrasal Verbs copyright paper51.com In modern English, a phrasal verb’s appellation is stilldisputing. Some people insist that phrasal verb is made up of verb andpreposition, verb and adverb, or verb, adverb and preposition. Others insistthat phrasal verb can be only made up of verb and adverb. Some people callphrasal verbs as compound verbs, two- word verbs, and three-word verbs. Despiteof the various names, their nature is the same. I agree with the first view,because it is in accord with the application of phrasal verbs. (A phrasal verbconsists of a verb and a preposition or a verb and an adverb, which has thesame characters and functions as a verb). 内容来自www.paper51.com A phrasal verb consists of a verb and particle and has aspecial meaning. A particle is a preposition (on, off...) or an adverb (away,back...), which is used in phrasal verb. In English, if a phrasal verb consistsof a verb and a preposition, we call this phrasal verb as verb plus prepositionphrasal verb. Similarly, if a phrasal verb consists of verb and an adverb, wecall this phrasal verb as verb plus adverb phrasal verb. copyright paper51.com |