ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONALLY SEMANTIC FEATURES OF POSTPOSITIVES OF PHRASAL VERBS IN THE FICTION ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TEXT

Abstract

The article deals with the functionally semantic features of postpositives of phrasal verbs in the fiction English-language text. Phrasal verbs have become a research object, as they make up a considerable part of lexicon of modern English. In the formation of the meaning of the phrasal verb, an important role belongs to its second component – the adverb or preposition. One basic verb can form different phrasal verbs in conjunction with different adverbs and prepositions. Therefore, the postpositives of phrasal verbs in the context of their combination with the verb have very important functions. Postpositives give semantic strengthening to the meaning of phrasal verb. It is founded that postpositives perform three main functions. The postpositive function is important for the phrasal verb because the postpositive is used to change the meaning of the verb. Sometimes the postpositive adds another meaning to the verb, so these particles have the function of forming new verbs. The same postpositive, combined with different verbs, sometimes forms phrasal verbs-synonyms. During the research the functionally semantic categories of phrasal verbs are distinguished The frequency of the use of different categories of phrasal verbs in English is analyzed on material of novel "Theatre" by S. Maugham.