CLASSIFICATION OF PHRASAL VERBS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of studying phrasal verbs in the English language on the basis of the comparative analysis with other phraseological units and existing classifications. The author of the article presents the semantic and pragmatic characteristics of phrasal verbs in the English language, as well as their comparative description with other phraseological units. The relevance of the presented study is the growing interest of scientists in the problems of using phrasal verbs, as well as the poor knowledge of phraseological units in general, since phrasal verbs are the reflection of the language culture and contribute to understanding the uniqueness of English phraseology. The author of the article analyzes the main linguistic directions in the study of English phrasal verbs. The analysis is based on encyclopedic, explanatory and phraseological dictionaries, as well as idiom dictionaries. The material presented in the article on the analysis of the study of phrasal verbs allows us to conclude that due to the constant narrowing or expansion of the meaning of the main verb component of the phrasal verb, it is impossible to make an accurate classification of these verbs and attribute them to one specific group.