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A Corpus Based Study of Phrasal Verbs of Go in Mohsin Hamid’s Fiction

Study of Phrasal Verbs of Go in Mohsin Hamid’s Fiction

Authors

  • Sadia Munir -

Keywords:

concordance, corpus based, contextual use, dictionary meaning, phrasal verbs

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the frequency and discourse functions of phrasal verbs of
go in the selected corpus. The corpus developed for this study was based on 5 short stories and 3
novels written by Hamid. It has 218,677 words in total. The reason behind choosing go as
compared to others i.e., carry, pull and pick is its frequent occurrence. A total of 264
concordance lines were found with the verb go through language tool WordSmith 6.0 but not all
of them were hits for phrasal verbs. Therefore, the researcher used 2 more language tools for
finding out possible phrasal verbs with go in the corpus and then analyzed them qualitatively
with examples from the developed corpus. The comparison between the dictionary meaning and
contextual usage of the found phrasal verbs within the selected corpus showed that the author,
Mohsin Hamid, has used phrasal verbs of go in his writings frequently. This study is helpful in
enhancing the knowledge of phrasal verbs for teachers, students and future researchers.

Published

2020-06-18

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How to Cite

1.
Munir S. A Corpus Based Study of Phrasal Verbs of Go in Mohsin Hamid’s Fiction: Study of Phrasal Verbs of Go in Mohsin Hamid’s Fiction. Corporum [Internet]. 2020Jun.18 [cited 2024Mar.29];1(1):56-69. Available from: https://journals.au.edu.pk/ojscrc/index.php/crc/article/view/32