Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up
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...
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description | 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. |
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spelling | doaj-art-0a69a35beec540d2b2c250e092c809862025-01-31T08:34:31ZengSciendoExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)2303-48582019-12-01729411110.2478/exell-2020-0008exell-2020-0008Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come upTsaroucha Efthymia0University of Thessaly, Volos, GreeceThe 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0008english phrasal verbsfigurationconstruction grammarcognitive grammarresultativesconceptual autonomy-dependence relationconceptual metaphor |
spellingShingle | Tsaroucha Efthymia Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics) english phrasal verbs figuration construction grammar cognitive grammar resultatives conceptual autonomy-dependence relation conceptual metaphor |
title | Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up |
title_full | Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up |
title_fullStr | Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up |
title_full_unstemmed | Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up |
title_short | Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up |
title_sort | figuration constructions and english phrasal verbs the instances of come up |
topic | english phrasal verbs figuration construction grammar cognitive grammar resultatives conceptual autonomy-dependence relation conceptual metaphor |
url | https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0008 |
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