I've always had a fondness for particle as well, but it likely amounts to
not much more than personal bias. I've always learned about particles in
languages other than English, it seemed to make sense to me to carry that
term over to phrasal verbs. One reason I like calling them particles is
because it puts more emphasis on their connection to the verb (they are
particles of the verb, extending or altering the meaning) rather than would
they would have been if they had stood alone. Now that I realize that there
are traditional adverbs that have attached to verbs as well, using a more
generic term like particle is reinforced for me.

Many have pointed out in this thread how radically meaning (and I'll add,
cognition) is involved when the mind interprets the particle as part of the
verb instead of as its own unit. I find that very valuable because I
am attempting to integrate more focus on meaning and cognition into my
grammar teaching.

John

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Bruce Despain
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> My personal preference is adverbial particle and prepositional particle.
>  These terms are probably due to our grounding in traditional grammar and
> its parts of speech.  The term "determiner" has been split out of the
> traditional "limiting adjective."  Particle seems to do the same sort of
> thing, but applies to several classes.
>
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> I guess I would call any multi-word verb a phrasal verb, whether it used
> adverb-like words or preposition-like words.  Is there another, better
> descriptor for them?  "Phrasal verb" confuses my students sometimes because
> it is similar to "verb phrase" (i.e., created by T + m + (be + -ing) + (have
> + -en) + MV).
>
> Beth
>
> >>> "Veit, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> 3/24/2009 10:58 AM >>>
> I have another question for ATEGers. A phrasal verb typically consists of a
> verb-word and a preposition-word. But what about those two-word predicates
> such as "look forward" and "put forth" where the second word is neither a
> preposition-word nor separable from the verb-word? Do we call them "phrasal
> verbs" as well?
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