La preposición de como inicio de locución: sus patrones y su frecuencia de uso

This paper focuses on the morfosyntactic structure of the adverbial expressions, more spesificly on those that begin with the preposition de. The material is taken from two dictionaries: one general dictionary, the DRAE and another phraseological one, the Diccionario de Locuciones y Expresiones Familiares. Having identified all the relevant structures, we continued establishing a functional pattern, which has made it possible to observe which structures are the productive ones, that can be used as a base for new examples, and which are less efficient patterns when when it comes to reproduction and the creation of new units.