Word Power: Phrasal Verbs and Compounds : : A Cognitive Approach / / Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Rudzka-Ostyn, Brygida,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (206 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb.

Word Power: Phrasal Verbs and Compounds is a textbook for guided self-learning intended for post-intermediate and advanced learners of English. It contains some 1,100 phrasal compounds used with 17 particles/prepositions which combine with some 500 different verbs, nouns and adjectives. Numerous glosses allow the teacher to use it in very heterogeneous classes. Thanks to cognitive linguistics the material is organized around each particle giving the students an astonishing insight into the networks of metaphorical meanings of each particle. Furthermore, the book implements the most important findings and techniques in the field of learning a foreign language. This textbook will be a valuable companion for teachers and students.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Words and the World -- 1. OUT is leaving a container -- 2. INis entering or being inside a container -- 3. INTO is entering a container -- 4. UPis positive verticality -- 5. DOWN is negative verticality -- 6. OFF is breaking contact -- 7. AWAY is disappearing -- 8. ON is contact -- 9. OVER is higher than and close to -- 10. BACK is returning -- 11. ABOUT is dispersion -- 12. (A)ROUND is vicinity or circular motion -- 13. ABOUT/(A)ROUND is dispersion vs. circular motion -- 14. ACROSS is motion to opposite side -- 15. THROUGH is crossing a container -- 16. BY is vicinity or path -- 17. ALONG is parallel path or entity