WORD POWER: PHRASAL VERBS AND COMPOUNDS is a textbook for guided self-learning intended for post-intermediate and advanced learners of English. It contains some 1,100 phrasal compounds used with 17 particles/prepositions which combine with some 500 different verbs, nouns and adjectives. Numerous glosses allow the teacher to use it in very heterogeneous classes.Thanks to cognitive linguistics the material is organized around each particle giving the students an astonishing insight into the networks of metaphorical meanings of each particle. Furthermore, the book implements the most important findings and techniques in the field of learning a foreign language. This textbook will be a valuable companion for teachers and students.Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn was Professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium.Paul Ostyn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Namur, Belgium.From the Contents:Introduction: Words and the World1. OUT is leaving a container2. IN is entering or being inside a container3. INTO is entering a container4. UP is positive verticality5. DOWN is negative verticality6. OFF is breaking contact7. AWAY is disappearing8. ON is contact9. OVER is higher than and close to10. BACK is returning11. ABOUT is dispersion12. (A)ROUND is vicinity 13. ABOUT/(A)ROUND is dispersion vs circular motion14. ACROSS is motion to opposite side15. THROUGH is crossing a container16. BY is vicinity or path17. ALONG is parallel path or entityTo sign up for our FREE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER, please visit our website at www.degruyter.com.To order, please contact SFG-Servicecenter-Fachverlage GmbHPostfach 434372774 Reutlingen, GermanyFax: +49 (0)7071 - 93 53 - 33E-mail: deGruyter@s-f-g.com For USA, Canada and Mexico:Walter de Gruyter, Inc.200 Saw Mill River RoadHawthorne, NY 10532, USAFax: +1 (914) 747-1326E-mail: cs@degruyterny.comPlease visit our website for other publications by Mouton de Gruyter: http://www.degruyter.com