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Figuration, constructions and English phrasal verbs: The instances of come up

Efthymia Tsaroucha

Tsaroucha, Efthymia

Dec 12, 2020

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Published Online: Dec 12, 2020

Page range: 94 - 111

Received: Jun 30, 2018

Accepted: Sep 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2020-0008

Keywords
English phrasal verbs, figuration, construction grammar, cognitive grammar, resultatives, conceptual autonomy-dependence relation, conceptual metaphor

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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.

Language:: English

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Journal Subjects:: Linguistics and Semiotics, Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning, Translation Studies, Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines, General Linguistics, Germanic Languages, English

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