Phrasal constructions and resultativeness in English : a sign-oriented analysis /

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Author / Creator:	Gorlach, Marina.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 150 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in functional and structural linguistics, 0165-7712 ; v. 52 Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; v. 52.
Subject:	English language -- Verb phrase. English language -- Resultative constructions. Semiotics. English language -- Resultative constructions. English language -- Verb phrase. Semiotics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188229

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ISBN:	9789027294852 9027294852 1588115976 9781588115973 9027215618 9789027215611
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-142) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Eat up the apple or Eat the apple up? Is there any difference in the messages each of these alternative forms sends? If there isn't, why bother to keep both? On the other hand, is there any semantic similarity between eat the apple up and break the glass to pieces? This study takes a fresh look at a still controversial issue of phrasal verbs and their alternate word order applying sign-oriented theory and methodology. Unlike other analyses, it asserts that there is a semantic distinction between the two word order variants phrasal verbs may appear in. In order to test this distinction, the aut.
Other form:	Print version: Gorlach, Marina. Phrasal constructions and resultativeness in English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2004 1588115976 9781588115973

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