James Moran

Business English Phrasal Verbs James Moran

This book aims to provide English second language (L2) learners withthe necessary speaking and writing tools in the use of the most frequentbusiness English lexicon. Although it has been written for first language(L1) speakers of Spanish, its use can also be extrapolated to any L2 Englishlearner, regardless of their L1. The present book includes the 100 most common phrasal verbs that anyEnglish speaker needs to be engaged in any oral or written business setting. Phrasal verbs always pose a challenge to L2 English speakers. The merge ofa verb and one or even two particles makes these constituents form a singlelexical and syntactic unit that di ers from the syntax and the semantics ofeach of the constituents individually (e.g. Liao and Fukuya 2002; McCarthyand O'Dell 2004; Trebits 2009; among others). To set an example, the verb"back" and the particle "off " refer to the decision of stopping puttingpressure on someone.