Particle Verbs in English: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

by Han Luo

Overview

This book explains why cognitive linguistics offers a plausible theoretical framework for a systematic and unified analysis of the syntax and semantics of particle verbs. It explores the meaning of the verb + particle syntax, the particle placement of transitive particle verbs, how particle placement is related to idiomaticity, and the relationship between idiomaticity and semantic extension. It also offers valuable linguistic implications for future studies on complex linguistic constructions using a cognitive linguistic approach, as well as insightful practical implications for the learning and teaching of English particle verbs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811368530
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Han Luo received a PhD in Foreign Language Education, with a specialization in the teaching of Chinese, from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011, and a PhD in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Beijing Foreign Studies University in 2007. Her research interests include cognitive linguistics, Chinese linguistics, second language acquisition, foreign language anxiety, heritage language education, telecollaboration, and Chinese language pedagogy. Dr. Luo is the recipient of the 2017 Action Research Award and the 2014 Peking University Press Publication Award presented by the Chinese Language Teachers Association, U.S.A. She is currently teaching at Lafayette College, U.S.A.. Before she joined Lafayette, she worked as a lecturer of Chinese at Northwestern University in the U.S. for three years and taught English and linguistics at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing for six years.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Theoretical Framework.- 3 The Conceptual Content of Particle Verb Schemas.- 4 Particle Placement.- 5 Idomaticity and Semantic Extension.- 6 Conclusion and Outlook.

Editorial Reviews

Luo’s Particle Verbs in English (henceforth PVIE) speaks up with a clear and confident voice. …Overall, this book succeeds in highlighting the role of construal in accounting for the semantic and syntactic properties of the English particle verbs. … PVIE is well organized and the writing is lucid in spite of occasional typos … . This book will be of interest to linguists of many theoretical convictions beyond Cognitive Linguistics as well as to English language learners and teachers everywhere.” (Zhuo Jing-Schmidt, Cognitive Linguistic Studies, Vol. 9 (1), 2022)

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