Abstract
At present, special attention is paid in the cognitive linguistics to the problem of linguistic units that represent different knowledge structures. Phraseological units, being one of the core linguistic means of verbalization of different knowledge structures, are ought to be analyzed thoroughly. Further to this, idiomatic expressions and proverbs are vital signals in verbalization of cultural values and national specific concepts which leads to the necessity of linguo-cultural analysis of these units. This article is aimed to analyze phraseological units with the fire component in English language according to cultural and cognitive parameters and to identify cultural values and cognitive models that are presented by these expressions.
Highlights
В настоящее время в когнитивной лингвистике особое внимание уделяется проблеме языковых единиц, представляющих различные структуры знаний
The first group of phraseological units verbalizes the concept “criticism” and this notion can be understood as the violation of social and moral values
We could observe names of places that are located in this area, but sometimes not all phraseological units may have these kinds of bright examples, sometimes, a reader should know cultural values of a particular nation broadly in order to find national specific information
Summary
В настоящее время в когнитивной лингвистике особое внимание уделяется проблеме языковых единиц, представляющих различные структуры знаний. The role of phraseological units in verbalization of different knowledge structures is, by no means, vital in cognitive linguistics. Phraseological units with the component of natural phenomena serve as a huge bank of culture specific and historically marked knowledge structures representation.
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