@Article{, title={Semantic and syntactic problems in" Comprehending English phrasal verbs"}, author={Mr. Yasir Mohammed Saleh}, journal={Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities مجلة جامعة تكريت للعلوم الإنسانية}, volume={18}, number={7}, pages={427-451}, year={2011}, abstract={ABSTRACT In this study the researcher intends to explain the phrasal verbs in the English language and their meanings which vary according to the context in which they occur, and the combinations of the verb with the particle. Besides, the researcher makes a test to be applied on the fourth year students of English language at Tikrit University, College of Education for women, English Department, to test their knowledge of the phrasal verbs and find out the problems that they may encounter in realizing and understanding the exact meaning of phrasal verbs. The number of the examined students are thirty eight examinees.

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