The Two-Word Verb
A Dictionary of the Verb-Preposition Phrases in American English
1st Edition
Published on 2. January 2014
269 pages
978-3-11-082210-6 (ISBN)
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Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- 1. Why a dictionary of the two-word verb?
- 2. What is a two-word verb?
- 3. Origin and development
- 4. New meanings for the second elements
- 5. A brief history of the second element up
- 6. The two-word verb in colloquial English
- 7. Two-word verbs in the spoken language. How to stress the verb, noun and adjective forms
- 8. Prepositions not used to form two-word verbs
- 9. To as a second element
- 10. Extended two-word verbs
- 11. How to use the dictionary
- 12. The different meanings of the second elements
- The Dictionary
