From the Editors MULTIWORD PATTERNS: CONSIDERING PHRASAL VERBS AND THEIR UNDERLYING SEMANTIC SYSTEMS (II)
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Five articles present perspectives on the use of VPCs as used in different texts and contexts: that of animal-related VPCs in Panther and Thornburg, VPCs in child and adult interaction in data taken from the CHILDES corpus in Hampe’s article, economics and finance texts in Breeze’s, VPCs in cartoons in Kihr’s, and constructions made by L2 learners of the VPCs as reflected in a corpus of learner language in Alejo’s article.
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From the Editors MULTIWORD PATTERNS: CONSIDERING PHRASAL VERBS AND THEIR UNDERLYING SEMANTIC SYSTEMS (I)
The journal editors and the Department of English Studies at the Universitat Jaume I wish to pay tribute to our colleague, friend and teacher, Dr. Xavier Campos Vilanova who passed away earlier this year. Xavier showed a passionate enthusiasm for the study of the history of the English language and literature, but also for everything he did. From taking photographs, researching on the meaning o...
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