Abstract
The study seeks to explain why various proposals regarding the syntactic representation of English particle-verb constructions, such as small clause (SC) analysis by den Dikken (1995) and complex predicate analysis by Johnson (1991), are considered incomplete or incorrect by Svenonius and Ramchand (2002). It will then argue why the construction of the particle-verb suggested by Ramchand and Svenonius (2002) is the proper way to represent a particle-verb construction. Using the collected data, a comparative analysis of English verb-particle constructions and Lithuanian prefix constructions will be conducted to determine the similarities between these constructions in both languages. In the second part of the paper, the focus shifts to the resultative constructions, such as ‘paint the nails red’, which have been related to particle-verb constructions, such as ‘throw the coin in’. This paper will concentrate on clarifying the distinctions between Lithuanian and English resultative constructions and discuss the reasons behind these differences.