Phrasal Verbs: The English Verb-Particle Construction and its History

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1. Introduction
	1.1. Aims
	1.2. The term phrasal verb
	1.3. Contrast, comparison, history
	1.4. Structure of this study
2. Present-day English and other Germanic languages
	2.1. Phrasal verbs: some examples
	2.2. Semantic characteristics
		2.2.1. Three semantic types
		2.2.2. Compositional constructions
		2.2.3. Aspectual constructions
		2.2.4. Idiomatic constructions
	2.3. Syntactic characteristics
		2.3.1. Transitivity and serialization
		2.3.2. Particles and prepositions
		2.3.3. Phrasal-prepositional verbs
	2.4. Further observations
		2.4.1. Cranberry verbs
		2.4.2. Nominalisations
		2.4.3. Other word formations
		2.4.4. Prefix verbs and phrasal verbs
		2.4.5. ‘Group-verbs’ etc.
		2.4.6. Replaceability by a simple verb
		2.4.7. Variation and style
	2.5. Verb-particle constructions in other present-day Germanic languages
		2.5.1. Basic word order
		2.5.2. Particle position
	2.6. Phrasal verbs as periphrastic word formations
		2.6.1. Verbs plus particles?
		2.6.2. Periphrastic word formation
		2.6.3. Further pros and cons
		2.6.4. Phrasal verbs as constructions
	2.7. Conclusion
3. The development of postposed particles
	3.1. Preverbs
		3.1.1. Preverbs in non-Indo-European languages
		3.1.2. Preverbs in Indo-European
	3.2. The development of English word order
		3.2.1. Word order in earlier Germanic
		3.2.2. Word order in Old English
		3.2.3. The rise of Modern English word order
	3.3. The position of the particle in medieval English
	3.4. Conclusion
4. Writing the history of the phrasal verb
	4.1. A classic study: Kennedy (1920)
		4.1.1. The ‘rise’ of the phrasal verb
		4.1.2. Colloquiality, informality, nativeness
		4.1.3. The impact of Kennedy's study
	4.2. Some textbooks and language histories
		4.2.1. The pitfalls of history
		4.2.2. Coverage in CHEL I and II
	4.3. Lexicographic coverage: a characteristic example
		4.3.1. Bosworth-Toller and other older dictionaries
		4.3.2. The Middle English Dictionary
		4.3.3. The Oxford English Dictionary
		4.3.4. The Dictionary of Old English
		4.3.5. Concluding remarks on the historical dictionaries
	4.4. Conclusion
5. Word formation, sound change and semantics
	5.1. Changing prefix inventories in English
		5.1.1. The Old English prefixes
		5.1.2. The prefixes in Middle English and beyond
	5.2. Preverbs and particles in medieval English
		5.2.1. On sound change and word formation
		5.2.2. Some comparative evidence
		5.2.3. Prefix variation in Old English
		5.2.4. Particle semantics in medieval English
		5.2.5. Some conclusions
	5.3. An outlook to modern English
		5.3.1. Etymology and integration
		5.3.2. Phrasal verbs in 15th- and 16th-century English
	5.4. Conclusion
6. Frequency, style and attitudes
	6.1. Counting phrasal verbs
		6.1.1. Quantitative long-term developments from Middle English to the 20th century
		6.1.2. Early Modern English frequencies
		6.1.3. Relative frequencies of particles
		6.1.4. Quantitative long-term developments
	6.2. Style and attitudes
		6.2.1. Text type and frequency
		6.2.2. Pre-1800 evidence for colloquiality?
		6.2.3. An example: Samuel Johnson
		6.2.4. James Cook rewritten and John Dryden revised
	6.3. The colloquialization conspiracy: a first suggestion
	6.4. Conclusion
7. Conclusion
	7.1. Summary
	7.2. Outlook
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Index