The Stress and Intonation Background of Prepositional Verbs versus Phrasal Verbs for Language Teachers

Abstract

Turkish English majors frequently have difficulty understanding how to use verb + preposition combinations in forms of prepositional verbs in English. This is not surprising because verb + preposition combinations do not exist in Turkish morphology and syntax. Verb + preposition structures are generally confused with verb + particles because they are different from each other. “The term particle specifically refers to prepositions and adverbs that have combined with verbs to make new verbs and have thus lost their prepositional or adverbial function” (Decapua 147). These differences are by no means always easy to understand because some verbs can even be either phrasal or prepositional, depending on the circumstances. The topic of this article is the stress and intonation of prepositional verbs, which depend on literal meanings of verbs that combine a verb and a preposition to make a new verb with a distinct meaning.

Keywords

• prepositional verbs
• phrasal verbs
• particle
• stranded preposition

Dil Öğretmenleri için Edatlı Eylemlere karşı Öbeksel Eylemlerin Vurgu ve Tonlama Arka Planı

Abstract

Türk İngilizce öğretmenliği adayları, genellikle eylem + edat birliktelikleri karşılarına edatlı eylem olarak gelince, bu birliktelikleri anlamakta güçlük çekmektedirler. Bu durum şaşırtıcı değildir, çünkü edatlı eylem yapısı Türk biçimbilgisi ve sözdiziminde yoktur. Edatlı eylem yapıları genellikle öbeksel eylem yapılarıyla karıştırılır, çünkü bu iki yapı birbirinden farlıdır. Edat terimi, özellikle edatlar ve zarfların yeni bir eylem türü yapmak için eylemlerle bir araya gelerek, edatsal ve zarfsal özelliğini kaybetmesi oluşumuna özellikle işaret eder “(Decapua, 2008: 147).” Bu farklılıkları anlamak hiç de kolay değildir, çünkü bazı eylemler duruma bağlı olarak ya öbeksel ya da edatsal bile olabilirler. Bu makalenin konusu, edatlı eylemlerin düz anlamlarına dayanarak farklı bir anlam oluşturduğu durumlardaki vurgu ve tonlamasını oluşumlarını incelemektir.

Keywords

• edatlı eylem
• öbeksel eylem
• edat
• ayrımlanmış edat

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