Abstract
The aim of the research is to analyze, based on theoretical assumptions of Grammaticalization (TRAUGOTT, 1982; HEINE et al, 1991; HOPPER and TRAUGOTT, 1993; TRAUGOTT, 2003), Construction Grammar (CROFT, 2001; GOLDEBERG, 1995 ; TRAUGOTT, 2008), and Functionalism (GIVÓN, 1979; DIK, 1997; NEVES, 1997, 2000, 2006; HENGEVELD and MACKENZIE, 2008), the multifunctionality and the GR process of th…