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The problem of adverbial verbs

Adverbs should not be confused with adverb-like elements, which are interchangeable
with prepositions (and sometimes prefixes) and when placed after the verb form a
semantic blend with it, e.g.: to give � to give up, to give in, to give away, etc.;
to come in
These functional words make a special set of particles; they are intermediary
between the word and the morpheme and can be called �postpositives�.
Blokh M. Y.
Of quite a different nature are preposition-adverb-like elements wiich, placed in
post-position to the verb, form a semantic blend with it. By combining with these
elements, verbs of broader meaning are subjected to a regular, systematic
multiplication of their semantic functions.
E.g.: to give - to give up, to give in, to give out, to give away, to give over,
etc.; to set - to set up, to set in, to set forth, to set off, to set down, etc.;
to get - to get on, to get off, to get up, to get through, to get about, etc.; to
work - to work up, to work in, to work out, to work away, to work over, etc.;
The function of these post-positional elements is either to impart an additional
aspective meaning to the verb-base, or to introduce a lexical modification to its
fundamental semantics

Get
get up
1. To arise from bed or rise to one's feet.
2. To dress or adorn: She got herself up in a bizarre outfit.
3. To find within oneself: got up the nerve to quit.

get on
1. To be or continue on harmonious terms: gets on well with the neighbors.
2. To manage or fare with reasonable success.
Come
come in
1. To arrive: Fall clothes will be coming in soon.
2. To arrive among those who finish a contest or race: came in fifth.
3. To perform or function in a particular way: A food processor comes in handy.
4. To reply in a specified manner to a call or signal: The pilot's voice came in
loud and clear.
come around/round
1. To recover, revive: fainted but soon came around.
2. To change one's opinion or position: You'll come around after you hear the whole
story.

The lexico-grammatical standing of the elements in question has been interpreted in


different ways. Some scholars have treated them as a variety of adverbs (H. Palmer,
A. Smirnitsky); others, as preposition-like functional words (I. Anichkov, N.
Amosova); still others, as peculiar prefix-like suffixes similar to the German
separable pre�fixes (Y. Zhiuktenko); finally, some scholars have treated these
words as a special set of lexical elements functionally intermediate between words
and morphemes (BA. Ilyish; B.S. Khaimovich and B.I. Rogovskaya).
The cited variety of interpretations, naturally, testi�fies to the complexity of
the problem. Proceeding from this idea, we may class these words as a special
functional set of particles, i.e. words of semi-morphemic nature, correlative with
prepositions and conjunctions.

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