11. Phrasal verbs are represented in many languages by compound verbs.12. Lexical and phrasal categories together are called syntactic categories. 13. Phrasal categories are illustrated with the following trees:14. A phrasal verb is used in an idiomatic, figurative or even metaphorical context. 15. Phrasal particles may occur after focus particles that occur with or without demonstrative finals.16. Splitting is optional except when the phrasal verb has a pronoun as its object. 17. Phrasal verbs have to split for object pronouns:18. So it's odd to say that it's a phrasal verb. 19. Finally, many phrasal verbs are combined with both a preposition and a particle. 20. Some languages are consistently head-initial or head-final at all phrasal levels.
