[Corpora-List] Phrasal Verbs

[Ken Litkowski]

The UMLS Specialist lexicon can be simply mined for this purpose, 
probably in half an hour. See 
http://lexsrv3.nlm.nih.gov/SPECIALIST/index.html and click on Specialist 
lexicon. The main dictionary file (a text file about 34 MB) will contain 
entries for the general lexicon in addition to specifically medical 
terminology. This dictionary contains very extensive complement patterns 
(about 25,000 for prepositions). If you search for verb entries that 
have the following lines


    compl=.*part(down)
    compl=.*part(up)

you will get a very thorough list. The first alphabetical entry is for 
"abseil" (to descend a rock cliff), i.e., one can "abseil down the 
Alps." This shows how extensive the non-medical dictionary is.

    Ken

Michael Dreyfuss wrote:
> I'm a student at the University of Toulouse in France, and I'm looking 
> for a list of phrasal verbs in English that use "down" or "up" as 
> their particle, such as "cool down" or "turn up." Does anyone know if 
> such a list exists?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Dreyfuss
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