![]() ![]() ![]() We gathered 230 multi-word sequences of this type and analyzed them as to their structure, syntax and semantics using a large corpus of newspaper texts. Many of these structures such as bi-sababi “because of”, natīǧatan li- “as a result of”, ‘alā r-raġmi min “in spite of”, bi-ġaḍḍi n-naḍari ‘an “regardless of” and ǧanban ʼilā ǧanbin ma‘a “side by side with”, which occur especially in more formal registers of MSA (including Media Arabic), underwent the process of grammaticalization and became a part of the Arabic lexicon. In this synchronic study we scrutinize multi-word sequences of different structure and complexity that fulfil the function of prepositions in contemporary Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). ![]()
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