[Corpora-List] Phrasal verbs

From: Brett@staff.sakuragaoka.ac.jp
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 04:20:34 MET

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    In the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (based on the BNC),
    the claim is made that "In fiction and conversation, phrasal verbs occur
    almost 2,000 times per million words" (p. 408). This seems lower than one
    would expect and would be evidence against the value of focusing on these
    in TESOL, something that I would say happens quite a lot.

    Does anybody have any data or reasons that would suggest more frequent use
    of phrasal verbs, especially in conversation?

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    Brett Reynolds
    Sakuragaoka Girls' Jr. & Sr. High School
    brett@staff.sakuragaoka.ac.jp
    http://www.esl.sakuragaoka.ac.jp/teachers/br



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