Corpus Approaches to Language Teaching: The Case of Informal Phrasal Verbs in English

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Pages: 83-98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/UGKN7168

Abstract:

The paper deals with the informal usage of English phrasal verbs, the in-depth analysis of which seems at this point to be rather scarce. The study is based on a corpus of phrasal verbs, marked explicitly as informal in the lexicographic resources referred to in the paper. While compiling the corpus, some semantic overlap found with such verbs has come to the foreground. In view of their semantic similarity and the various connotations of their informal use, the phrasal verbs under discussion can be classified into three groups – verbs of negative connotations, verbs of neutral connotations and verbs of positive connotations. Apart from strictly linguistic analysis, the paper also provides some tips for teaching informal phrasal verbs in relation to the methodology of teaching English as a foreign language.

Keywords:

phrasal verbs, informal use, negative connotations, neutral connotations, positive connotations, teaching informal phrasal verbs

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