GRAMMATICALIZATION PROCESS ON PREPOSITIONS

Some prepositions are in the process of grammaticalization, especially the preposition "de" (of), which, in general, no longer presents its lexical meaning so apparently, showing its grammatical character of connection between words, phrases or clauses. This process involves the metaphorical use of the prepositions, that starts from a spatial imagination scheme and, in many cases, it advances until the original sense of a preposition is not recognized anymore. KEYWORDS: Grammaticalization; Prepositions; Metaphorical use.