English Phrasal Verbs Are Not Primitives

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Kyungchul Chang
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제100호, 41~63쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.12.31

영문 초록

Kyungchul Chang. 2018. English Phrasal Verbs Are Not Primitives. Studies in Modern Grammar 100, 41-63. It has been generally assumed that phrasal verbs in English are primitive in nature, either as a base form or as a derived form. Even the latest studies posit that the alternative surface forms of a transitive phrasal verb such as take out in take the trash out and take out the trash are constructed from that phrasal verb itself by verb movement. This paper argues that phrasal verbs are not purely primitives but possibly derivatives. They can be derived from their reverse combinations, what we call particle verbs. The paper supports this argument by examining a set of transitive particle verbs in English, e.g. downplay in downplay the incident. It also uses the notion of verb movement and proposes a unified analysis of both the particle verbs and their V-P alternants such as play down the incident and play the incident down.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Previous Studies

3. Empirical and Theoretical Issues

4. A Proposal

5. Concluding Remarks

키워드

(transitive) phrasal verb verb movement primitive derivative particle verb