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Nowadays English phrasal verbs tend to be more used in colloquial English. They have caused much difficulty to students who study English as a Foreign Language(EFL) because most people think that their meanings are arbitrary. However, recent pragmatic studies make us learn English phrasal verbs easily. In this respect, this study is to show that English phrasal verbs can be presented to EFL students in a more meaningful way through pragmatic approach. This study aims at suggesting two important things in understanding the essentials of English phrasal verbs. That is to say, one is new information theory or end-weight maxim of processibility principle(Leech 1983); and the other is proximity principle(Quark et. al. 1972) or transparency maxim of clarity principle(Leech 1983).
In conclusion, the pragmatic approach to English phrasal verbs can be an effective alternative to the traditional method of teaching phrasal verbs because this approach helps EFL students to learn phrasal verbs in a more motivated and creative way. So it is recommended that further studies on the pragmatic approach to learning languages be carried out to provide effective understanding of idiomatic and arbitrary phenomena like phrasal verbs and other idiomatic expressions.