Books by Michael Barlow

Accompanies the multilingual concordance program ParaConc.

Business Phrasal Verbs (CorpusLAB Series) contains explanations and exercises related to the most common phrasal verbs used in Business English. The book also covers common phrases and collocations used in Business English. So, for example, the book covers not just a phrasal verb like "put in" but phrases such as "put in a bid." The book is informed by the analysis of American English used in business situations and the example sentences used in the book are based on real language.

Phrasal Verbs in American English provides useful information and guided exercises for ESL/EFL language learners. The contents of Phrasal Verbs come from written and spoken corpora of American English. The most frequent phrasal verbs are taught along with their associated words (collocates). This means that rather than focussing on a phrasal verb such as "get into," this book covers common phrases: "get into an argumen," "get into trouble," etc. Thus the book covers the phrasal verbs and phrases that the learner is likely to meet in everyday situations.