Introduction The course paper is dedicated to the study of the syntax and semantic features of phrasal verbs in the English language

The material includes:

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   different scientific literature like monographs, dissertations, articles on the problem discussed;
   
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   different types of books, dictionaries, both translational and explanatory;
   
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   the literary books of English, Russian and Uzbek authors published in the last ten years.
   

The structure of the given course paper consists of introduction, two chapters, summary which is followed by the list of literature used in the course of research.
Introduction presents the topicality of the theme, the novelty and aim of the course paper; tasks, theoretical and practical value, material investigations, methods, statements to be proved and the structure of the course paper.
The first chapter consists of four paragraphs and gives general notes on the use of Verbs and its various types in English. The sentence as a main syntactic unit performs the function of predication. It gives information about varieties of verbs such as: Link verbs, Auxilary verbs, Notional verbs, Compound verbs and their use.
The second chapter deals with peculiarities of Phrasal verbs and their investigation in Modern English. It consists of five paragraphs: first paragraph is about the role of phrasal verbs and their features in today’s English. Second paragraph is about different types of English phrasal verbs according their structure. Third paragraph is about various ideas and views of scientists on the phrasal verbs. There were given the examples of phrasal verbs how we analyze them in fourth paragraph. Fifth paragraph is about the ways of teaching phrasal verbs.
The results worked out by the investigations of the research are given at the course paper in conclusion.
The list of used literature as a source in researching this course paper is given in Bibliography.


Chapter I. Verb and their functional types
1.1. Link verbs
There are verbal elements that do not have a complete argument structure and require to be merged with a lexical verbs, to which they may add some semantic property of tense, modality, aspect, voice, and/or add athematic role. We call these verbs functional to distinguish them from lexical verbs which we have already
observed in previous lessons.Functional verbs must be classified in different classes that have very different properties. Elements of the same class are mutually exclusive in one and the same sentence, while elements of different classes can
co-occur in the same sentence providing different semantic features and must be merged with one another in a given hierarchy: Modal/future/irrealis > perfective > progressive > passive.
¹Link-verbs, although their classical representatives are only half-notional, should also be included into the general valency characterisation of verbs. This is due to their syntactically essential position in the sentence. The predicative valency of the link-verbs proper is obligatory. Eg.:
The reporters seemed pleased with the results of the press conference. That young scapegrace made a good husband, after all.
The obligatory adjuncts of the verb, with the exception of the subject (whose connection with the verb cannot be likened to the other valency partners), may be called its "complements"; the optional adjuncts of the verb, its "supplements". The distinction between the two valency types of adjuncts is highly essential, since not all the objects or predicatives are obligatory, while, conversely, not all the adverbial modifiers are optional. Thus, we may have both objective complements and objective supplements; both predicative complements and predicative supplements; both adverbial supplements and adverbial complements.
Namely, the object of addressee, i.e. a person or thing for whom or which the action is performed, may sometimes be optional, as in the following example: We did it for you.
The predicative to a notional link-verb is mostly optional, as in the example: The night came dark and stormy.
The adverbials of place, time, and manner (quality) may sometimes be obligatory, as in the examples below:
Mr. Torrence was staying in the Astoria Hotel. The described events took place at the beginning of the century. The patient is doing fine.
Thus, according as they have or have not the power to take complements, the notional verbs should be classed as "complementive" or "uncomplementive", with further subcategorisations on the semantico-syntagmatic principles.
In connection with this upper division, the notions of verbal transitivity and objectivity should be considered.
Here we may see some examples of link verbs and their meanings: