The definition of the verb. The function of Phrasal verbs. The structure and meaning of Phrasal verbs. Classification of Phrasal verbs. Preposition and postposition. Verbs with preposition and noun. Verbs with postposition. English Phrasal Verbs Lists.
Аннотация к работе
Olga Fischer believes the emergence of phrasal verbs to be the most notable new development in Middle English [the form of the English language spoken and written from about the 12th to the beginning of the 16th centuries] involving prepositions (386). Phrasal verbs developed because Old English [the earliest from of the English language, used up to around A.D. 1150 prefixes were deteriorating (Cambridge History 377), and they have now practically replaced the prefixes (Fischer 386).