Phrasal Verb
Definition:
A phrasal verb is a combination of a lexical verb and a verbal particle that forms a single semantic and syntactic unit.
Examples:
(English)
The item give up is a phrasal verb, as in the following:
- He gave up smoking.
- He gave smoking up.
(Akan)
The item gyee ... so ‘answered’ is a phrasal verb, as in the following:
Kofi gyee Kwame so
Kofi received Kwame on
‘Kofi answered Kwame.’
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This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.