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Mgr. Martin Oros

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A Comparison of Phrasal Verbs Used in British and American English

A Comparison of Phrasal Verbs Used in British and American English
Abstract:
The thesis focuses on comparing pairs of phrasal verbs used in business English. The pairs are identical in their meaning and have the same adverbial particle, but a different verb. The aim is to find out whether the frequency of occurrence of these pairs of phrasal verbs differs in British and American English. The paper also deals with the distribution of these phrasal verbs across language registers …more
Abstract:
The thesis focuses on comparing pairs of phrasal verbs used in business English. The pairs are identical in their meaning and have the same adverbial particle, but a different verb. The aim is to find out whether the frequency of occurrence of these pairs of phrasal verbs differs in British and American English. The paper also deals with the distribution of these phrasal verbs across language registers …more
 

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phrasal verbs language registers corpora concordancer search engine British Englih American English
 
Language used: Czech
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 28. 4. 2006
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/z8d8x/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 13. 6. 2006
  • Supervisor: PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová

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Philology / English Language and Literature

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