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The main functions of theophoric formulae in Moroccan Arabic

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natural language processing
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Ste
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Wal
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Abstract This article examines the discursive and grammatical functions in Moroccan Arabic of some frequently used expressions that contain the word ‘God’. Most of them are rooted in Classical Arabic but have undergone significant phonological and semantic developments. Some of them have become grammaticalised and appear in linguistic constructions remote from their original meanings.