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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0008

Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up

Efthymia Tsaroucha orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-9025 ; University of Thessaly


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Abstract

The paper investigates the evocation of the figurative meanings of English phrasal verbs of the form: component verb come + component particle up when they are employed in resultative constructions. Four instances of come up are discussed. It is suggested that the figurative meanings of come up are rooted to conceptual metaphors.

Keywords

English phrasal verbs; figuration; construction grammar; cognitive grammar; resultatives; conceptual autonomy-dependence relation; conceptual metaphor

Hrčak ID:

249365

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/249365

Publication date:

3.1.2021.

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