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Chapter 22
Topics:
Form of English Phrasal Verbs
Subtopic: Syntactic Analysis
of Phrasal Verbs
Syntactic Tests
There is a reason to try to arrive at a common
understanding of what distinguishes its
prepositional use from that of its particle use in a
phrasal verb. The following are some of the tests
that have been applied (adapted from O’Dowd
1994:19).
Only Prepositions (not
particles) allow:
Phrase Fronting
Adverb insertion
Up the hill Jhon ran
We turned quickly off *Up the bill Jhon ran.
the road.
Example/s:
● For ex.
“Extinguish all smoking material,” prior to landing
rather than the common “ put out your cigarette.”