英语短语动词研究综述

A Review of Research on English Phrasal Verbs

短语动词是动词与副词性或介词性小品词的组合,表达一个不可分割的完整动词概念。短语动词的数量增加和广泛使用,是现代英语的一个显著特点,并引起了语言学家的广泛关注。文章综述了国内外对英语短语动词的研究。

Phrasal verb is the combination of a verb plus one or more adverbial or prepositional particles,functions as a single unit and is unanalyzable semantically.The wide use of the phrasal verb and the increase in its number are the distinctive features of modern English,which attracts the attention of linguists.The paper gives an overview of the researches on English phrasal verbs.