Particle Verbs in English A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective /

• Main Author: Luo, Han (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Cognitive grammar.; Semantics.; Syntax.; Cognitive Linguistics.

This book explains why cognitive linguistics offers a plausible theoretical framework for a systematic and unified analysis of the syntax and semantics of particle verbs. It explores the meaning of the verb + particle syntax, the particle placement of transitive particle verbs, how particle placemen...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Theoretical Framework
• 3 The Conceptual Content of Particle Verb Schemas
• 4 Particle Placement
• 5 Idomaticity and Semantic Extension
• 6 Conclusion and Outlook. .