Abstract
Every nation has its own worldview reflected in the language which depends on customs and traditions, on the occupation and the lifestyle of the nation, which keeps ethno-cultural information and expresses specific ethnic mentality. The problem of interaction between language and culture is of interest to many scientists nowadays. One of the ways to study a culture is to analyze its phraseological units. For centuries phraseological units have been keeping track of folk wisdom, which was passed from generation to generation, so they carry culturally important information. Zoonyms as components of phraseological units that realize a series of connotative semes, depending on various associations connected with animals. Connotation is based on social, regional, cultural and other factors, as well as emotionally conditioned factors. The purpose of the article is to determine the semantic features of phraseological units with zoonym component as well as to identify the universal and national characteristics of phraseological units in the English language.
Highlights
Every nation has its own worldview reflected in the language which depends on customs and traditions, on the occupation and the lifestyle of the nation, which keeps ethno-cultural information and expresses specific ethnic mentality
For centuries phraseological units have been keeping track of folk wisdom, which was passed from generation to generation, so they carry culturally important information
Zoonyms as components of phraseological units that realize a series of connotative semes, depending on various associations connected with animals
Summary
Every nation has its own worldview reflected in the language which depends on customs and traditions, on the occupation and the lifestyle of the nation, which keeps ethno-cultural information and expresses specific ethnic mentality. Scopul articolului este de a determina trăsăturile semantice de bază ale unităților frazeologice cu Philologia componente zoonime, precum și de a identifica caracteristicile universale și naționale ale componentelor frazeologismelor limbii engleze.
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