This paper aims to give an overview of studies on phrasal verbs in three decades to present
the theoretical and methodological issues, as well as the findings of research. Moreover, this …

Literature survey concerning the Learner Corpus Research (LCR) in the last 20 years has
shown a paucity of studies involving specialised/discipline-specific text. Since the use of …

The aim of this study is to examine the level of understanding and use of English phrasal
verbs (PVs) amongst Malaysian learners of English. It is generally agreed that idiomatic …

This study investigates 2,909 phrasal verbs [PVs] in (in) transitive constructions across
native English and French-and German-English interlanguages (ILs). Recent work by …

Interest in ESL learner language has gained momentum since the 1990s with the generation
of learner corpora, development of robust Concordance software and the establishment of …

It is often claimed that ELT textbook materials are mostly unwittingly intuitively-rather than
empirically-based and that this bookish form of language is far from reflecting the real …

This study investigates the use of phrasal verbs by EFL students and calls for a more
realistic expectation. A total of 444 phrasal verbs were found in 84 essays written by …

This study presents a critique of some of the corpus-based studies on phrasal verbs carried
out in different types of corpora. Not only is it an attempt to provide the reader with some of …

Despite their being the most notoriously confusing aspects of English language instruction,
phrasal verbs are of high relevance for ESL/EFL learners because knowledge of them is …

Foreign language learners often encounter challenges in understanding and using English
phrasal verbs (PVs) due to its idiomaticity and complexity. A phrasal verb typically comprises …