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Wu, Yinyin – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
Phrasal verbs (PVs), comprising a lexical verb and an adverbial particle, are a notoriously difficult category of multiword units even for advanced learners of English because of their syntactic peculiarity and semantic complexity. Non-native professional interpreters have also been found to use PVs much less often than their native counterparts…
Descriptors: Verbs, Form Classes (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning