Multi-word Verbs in Fictional Spoken Registers

Abstract

This bachelor thesis provides a theoretical insight into multi-word verbs and presents their possible classification, as well as problems connected with proper classification of multi-word verbs. The first part also briefly explains the basic difference between a written and a spoken register. The latter part of this paper briefly introduces the setting of the studied fictional narrative Vikings and provides information about the actual use of multi-word verbs in the narrative based on the concluded research and analysis of 200 examples of multi-word verbs, describes their classification and differences between each group, their structure and their common usage.