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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Main Author: Tsaroucha Efthymia
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
Series:ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0008
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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
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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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