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4 Conclusion The fact that phrasal verbs have been investigated by so many authors and that special dictionariesof phrasal verbs and workbooks have been published recently shows that phrasal verbs are aquiring more and more importance in teaching and learning English. As the discussion above has, however, shown, phrasal verbs seem to be rather problematic for linguists as some interpret them in a broader, others in a narrower sense. Furthermore, I argue that cognitive grammar is the theoretical framework in which phrasal verbs can be best analysed. Following the interpretation given to phrasal verbs by the above mentioned cognitive grammarians, by phrasal verbs I mean combinations of a verb + adverbial particle/ preposition with special emphasis on the complex network of senses of the adverbial particle/preposition. Thus I suggest that adverbial particles/pepositions have a central, prototypical meaning, which is their literal, spatial meaning, and the other, figurative meanings are the metaphorical extensions of the prototypical meaning. References Allshop, J. (1990). Test Your Phrasal Verbs. Penguin. Bolinger, Dwight (1971). Phrasal Verb in English. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Brugman, C. (1981). Story of OVER. M.A. thesis, University of California. Berkeley. Reproduced by LAUD. (1983). Crambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Cambridge University Press. (1997). Collins Cobuild Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Harper Collins Publishers. (1995) Coutney, Rosemary. (1983). Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Harlow: Longman. Cowie, A.P. & R. Mackin. (1976). Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English. Volume I: Verbs with Prepositions & Particles. Oxford University Press. Cowie, A.P. & R. Mackin. (1993). Oxford Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Oxford University Press. Curme, George.O. (1931). Syntax. D.C. Heath and Company: Boston. Dietrich, Gerhard. (1960). Adverb oder Präposition? VEB Max Niemeyer Verlag. Halle. Dixon, R.M. W. (1982). The grammar of English phrasal verbs. Australian Journal of Linguistics. Volume 2. No. 1, June 1982. 125