Abstract
The purpose of the research is to analyze, based on the theoretical assumptions of the Constructional Approach (Traugott, 2008; Traugott and Trousdale, 2013), in conjunction with Construction Grammar (Goldberg, 1995; 2006; Croft, 2001), the formation process of the auxiliary constructions [disparar Prep Vinf] and [passar Prep Vinf] in Brazilian Portuguese, aiming to identify the usage con…