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This paper is an attempt to investigate the syntactic and semantic features of the
English phrasal verbs. In this paper, phrasal verbs were classified into subgroups
according to their syntactic and semantic characteristics. After giving a survey of
literature written on the meaning and definition of phrasal verbs, two sections have been
devoted to tackle the most important issues in this category of English verbs.
Section one sheds light on the basic definitions of the term ‘phrasal verb’ which
are, according to the researcher’s point of view, sufficient to cover the area of the study.
In addition, it studies the number and the importance of phrasal verbs in English.
Section two deals with the syntactic and semantic features of Engli
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