S/N

PNP-Constructions

Spoken

Component

Written

Component

Total

Percentage

Frequency

(pmw)

1

in terms of

87

58

145

25

144

2

in addition to

12

26

38

7

37.6

3

in spite of

13

23

36

6.3

35.6

4

on behalf of

18

13

31

5.3

30.7

5

in favour of

19

9

28

4.8

26.7

6

in line with

10

16

26

4.4

24.7

7

in front of

13

12

25

4.3

23.7

8

in accordance with

9

14

23

3.9

22.7

9

in respect of

11

11

22

3.8

21.7

10

in view of

7

14

21

3.6

20.7

11

with respect to

5

15

20

3.4

19.8

12

in touch with

6

13

19

3.2

18.8

13

with regard to

7

9

16

2.7

13.9

14

in relation to

3

11

14

2.4

13.9

15

by virtue of

5

7

12

2

11.8

16

in response to

2

6

8

1.4

7.9

17

in support of

6

2

8

1.4

7.9

18

in form of

6

1

7

1.2

6.9

19

in honour of

3

4

7

1.2

6.9

20

in contact with

6

0

6

1

5.9

21

with reference to

1

4

5

0.9

4.9

22

in conjunction with

2

3

5

0.9

4.9

23

in connection with

2

2

4

0.7

3.9

24

in excess of

3

1

4

0.7

3.9

25

in lieu of

0

3

3

0.5

2.9

26

in recognition of

1

2

3

0.5

2.9

27

in place of

2

1

3

0.5

2.9

28

in consonance with

1

2

3

0.5

2.9

29

in consultation with

1

1

2

0.3

1.98

30

in charge of

1

2

3

0.3

1.98

31

on top of

2

0

2

0.3

1.98

32

in collaboration with

2

0

2

0.3

1.98