Towards A syntactic Analysis of English and Arabic Multi-Word Verbs in Selected Literary Works: A Contrastive Study
Abstract:The current study is concerned with a linguistic contrastive analysis of one specific feature of grammar and vocabulary in both English and Arabic languages, which is a combination of lexical verbs with adverbial and/or prepositional particle(s), which is commonly known as multi-word verbs in John Steinbeck's English novel (East of Eden) (1952) and Naguib Mahfuz's Arabic novel (Palace of Desire) [Qasr alshawq] (1957).Furthermore, the study seeks to demonstrate that there are essential similarties and differen… Show more
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