%0 Journal Article %T PATRONES E ¨ªNDICE DE FRECUENCIA EN ALGUNAS LOCUCIONES ADVERBIALES %A Mart¨ªnez L¨®pez %A Juan A. %J Forma y Funci¨®n %D 2007 %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia %X this paper is focussing on the morph-syntactic structure of the adverbial expressions, more specifically on those beginning with the preposition a. the material is taken from two diccionaries: one general diccionary as the diccionario de la real academia de la lengua espa£¿ola drae and another phraseological diccionary, the diccionario de locuciones y expresiones familiares. once identified all the relevant structures, we have continued with estableshing a functional pattern, something which has made it possible for us 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 talking about reproduction and the creation of new units. %K patterns %K morph-syntactic structure %K adverbial expression %K frequency. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-338X2007000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en