Foreign Linguists Research Articles

Linguistic Basics of the Formation of Students’ Pragmatic Competence

This article discusses the linguistic foundations of the formation of pragmatic competence of students. A review of the history of the formation and study of the term “pragmatic competence” is provided. Similar and related terms with this term are also analyzed, as well as the views and conclusions of domestic and foreign linguists, methodologists, and scholars. To develop a methodology for the formation of pragmatic competence of students, it is crucial to find out its theoretical and methodological foundations; therefore the purpose of this article is to identify the linguistic features of this issue. It is known that the indicator of the personal quality of schoolchildren is equivalent to the indicator of their socialization. The totality of the knowledge, skills, and abilities formed in a child will have a significant influence on their correct and appropriate socialization within their environment in the future. The existence of a close relationship between linguistic, communicative, and pragmatic competencies requires the use of complex methods in solving their common tasks. The study found that the concept of competence has been studied from different perspectives. The main characteristics and indicators of pragmatic competence are established, as well as the concepts of their manifestations in the language environment are presented. The influence of new trends in the field of linguistics on the formation of pragmatic competence is also considered. Several methods that can be used when teaching the Kazakh language are examined. An attempt has been made to find language solutions that contribute to the development of pragmatic competence.

VERBAL İNTERAKTİVLİYİN PLÜRALİST YANAŞMADA TƏDRİSİNİN BƏZİ MƏSƏLƏLƏRİ

Some Issues of Teaching Verbal Interactivity in a Pluralistic Approaches Summary The article deals with the some issues of teaching verbal interactivity in a pluralistic approaches. When communicating in a foreign language, the rules for using speech activities and practical activities related to verbal interactivity in different situations are shown. The article also refers to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in the application of verbal and non-verbal communication and the Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches to Languages and Cultures(CARAP) developed under the leadership of Michel Candelier. In this regard, the use of gestures, facial expressions and body language to achieve effective communication during dialogues in cultural and natural situations is important in teaching French. The scientific studies of local and foreign linguists and methodologists on the subject have been analyzed and summarized. Key words: communication, interactivity, verbal communication, nonverbal communication, pluralistic approaches

Actual Problems of Cognitive Linguistics at the Present Stage

This article is devoted to the study of the historical and scientific prerequisites for the formation of a young, developing, and at the same time controversial and controversial scientific branch of linguistics - cognitive linguistics. The goals, object and subject of research in this field of knowledge are determined by theoretical and methodological principles that are formed on the basis of the cognitive-oriented work of Kazakh and foreign linguists. The continuation of the research traditions of cognitive linguistics, which is gaining popularity among Kazakh researchers, is noted. The theoretical and scientific basis of the research are such linguistic areas as frame and conceptual semantics, prototypical semantics, the theory of relevance (or linguistic emphasis), the theory of cognitive models and cognitive metaphor, the theory of mental spaces. Special attention is paid to the problems of the English language in comparison with other language groups, which creates difficulties in linguists relying on traditional approaches to the study of the language system. The identified specific features in the use of English prepositions, modal verbs, the use of participles, the category of voice, tense, aspect, mood, as well as some difficulties in coordinating tenses lead researchers to the need to use linguo-cognitive methods of cognition. The establishment of a close and complex relationship between language and the process of thinking, cognition is accepted as an evidence-based advantage of the study. The data obtained as a result of the analysis are based on logical, deductive, comparative linguistic research methods. The tools used to assess the current problems of modern cognitive linguistics can be of applied significance and be used in international scientific communities to improve approaches to language learning. The scientific and practical significance of this study lies in the search for possible ways and implementation of identification opportunities, as well as a comprehensive study of the most pressing problems, reflecting the urgent need for further development of this scientific field.

English-language borrowings of the coronavirus era and their functioning in German online publications

In post-crisis conditions, it becomes possible to assess the impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the vocabulary of the German language. A large number of English-language borrowings have penetrated into the German language, arousing the interest of linguists in the question of the influence of a new layer of vocabulary on the recipient language and becoming the subject of study by Russian and foreign linguists. For example, on the basis of research on neologisms of the Covid era, dictionaries and reference books of the vocabulary of the coronavirus era are being produced in various languages, including German. The subject of this study is English-language borrowings dedicated to Covid-19 in modern German online media (magazines, newspapers), and the aim is to identify the impact of the pandemic on enriching the vocabulary of the German language with English-language borrowings. Actual works (not older than five years) of Russian and foreign scientists in the fields of lexicology, lexicography, onomastics, and sociolinguistics became the methodological basis of the study. The analysis of the impact of the coronavirus on the process of assimilation of English-language borrowings in German is carried out on the basis of online media texts for the period February 2020 – October 2021, which makes the study innovative and reflects the trends of modern linguistic science. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the coronavirus pandemic had an impact on the German language; in most cases, the recipient language began to actively combine English-language components of words with native German words, thereby forming new hybrid lexical formations. The further perspective of the research lies in the field of comparing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the lexical composition of the German and Russian languages and determining the role of English-language borrowings in the vocabulary of both German and Russian languages.

МЕДІЙНИЙ ДИСКУРС ЯК СЕМІОЗИС: ПОТЕНЦІАЛ СЕМІОТИКИ ДЛЯ ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ МЕДІЙНОГО ДИСКУРСУ

The methodological apparatus of linguistics and various related fields such as sociology, culturology, psychology, and linguosemiotics, is applied to study, comprehend, interpret, and formulate the methodological principles of discourse analysis (including media discourse as a subtype of institutional discourse) and its components (text, utterance, communicative event, communicative act). Methods and approaches to studying media discourse mostly complement each other, thus being participatory. At the current stage of language science development, media discourse is the object of numerous research investigations by Ukrainian and foreign linguists. The article aims to propose a definition of media discourse by identifying its key features as a category of communication generated by mass media. To achieve this purpose: a) we consider media discourse as a complex sign and analyze its action of sign (semiosis); b) with a focus on the sociosemiosic approach to discourse analysis, we identify characteristic features of this discourse and define it as a subtype of institutional discourse; c) we provide an interpretation of the main metalanguage units used to describe the proposed approach. Media discourse is characterized by the following features: generated by various agents (including media producers – institutions and individuals – and recipients); comprises a variety of speech genres embodied in texts, which are complex signs, the signification of which is characterized by code, information and cultural dimensions; directed towards interaction. The core finding of our investigation is considered to be the reasoned presentation of the effectiveness of applying a semiotic approach to the analysis of media discourse. Media discourse is a complex sign, the signification of which occurs in the informational space and is characterized by code, informational, and cultural dimensions.

FEATURES OF NOMINATIVE SENTENCES IN ENGLISH AND UKRAINIAN

The article analyses nominal clauses in English with a view to their differences and similarities with Ukrainian. An attempt has been made to identify the grammatical features of these constructions and to identify their possible practical applications in teaching both languages. The article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of nominal clauses in the context of different language systems in order to improve the methods of translation and language teaching. The paper uses methods of comprehensive analysis of scientific works by domestic and foreign linguists, as well as comparative analysis of nominal clauses in different text formats. Moreover, the scientific approaches to the grammatical features of nominal clauses were examined in detail and illustrative material from film scripts, literary works and other sources was selected to understand the variability of these constructions. The results of the study indicate similarities between English and Ukrainian nominal clauses, such as the affirmative form, assertive intonation and independence. However, differences in construction are revealed, especially the influence of case grammar in Ukrainian and inversion in English sentences. The article focuses on the practical use of the acquired knowledge in grammar teaching and language learning. Further research is planned to analyse the actualisation of nominal clauses in film scripts of both languages in order to expand the understanding of linguistic realisation in different contexts.

РЕКУРЕНТНІСТЬ ЯК ОДИН ІЗ ОСНОВНИХ СИНТАКСИЧНО-СТИЛІСТИЧНИХ ЗАСОБІВ У ПОБУДОВІ ТЕКСТІВ

The article provides a general analysis of the research of Ukrainian and foreign linguists on the study of such a stylistic tool as repetition. A description of the phe-nomenon of recurrence and its defi nition are given. In linguistics, the phenomenon of recurrence is described as one of the sources of enrichment of stylistic means of language. By deliberately and precisely repeating units of speech, the author manages to strengthen the power of his opinion and exag-gerate his feelings. Repetition is the most common, oldest stylistic device in fi ction, and masters of the word used it to express a subjective attitude to the depicted object, to evaluate it, to attract the attention of the listener or reader. Recurrence is the repeti-tion of textual, compositional or thematic units with a certain artistic and aesthetic purpose, marked in the form of fi gurative and thematic repetitions. It is the most used syntactic and stylistic fi gure in the language of artistic and journalistic works.Repetitive units at any level are signifi cant in literary and journalistic texts, in Internet communication, in spoken language. They are distinguished phonetically, into-nationally and graphically, attracting the attention of the recipient and always expressing important intentions of the speaker. Recurrence is defi ned as a fi gure of speech, which consists in the repetition of sounds, words and expressions in a certain sequence, that is, the repetition is diverse in structure. It manifests itself at diff erent levels of speech. In the system of repeating units of the Ukrainian language, every link is important.The peculiarity of recurrence as a stylistic technique consists in strengthening and anchoring the statement in the mind of the reader, in appealing to his emotions, feelings and moods. It is not only a stylistic fi gure, it is an emotionally colored model of pressure on the reader’s subconsciousness, which should be used in the text in a certain place and at a certain time. Therefore, the main stylistic function of this phe-nomenon is the function of enhancing the emotional and aesthetic impact.The issue of recurrence lies at the junction of various disciplines and scientifi c directions, besides it does not limit its theoretical and practical study, but, on the con-trary, contributes to the constant search for new research aspects

COGNITIVE-PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS

The article discusses the problematic issues of discourse analysis and presents information about the existence of important works and different points of view of foreign linguists, which many researchers should know: students, graduate students, doctoral students, scientists and others. Special attention is paid to the controversial issue of discourse analysis (Diskursanalysis), discussion of definitions, interpretation of text units, models of interactions of certain categories, such as social activity, information competence, etc. The cognitive-psychological approach to discursive analysis is one of the popular presentations of the latest achievements of linguistic science. Therefore, one of the main tasks of the article is to illustrate the methods of discursive-linguistic research aimed at conducting own analysis. In this regard, the work includes key questions, theoretical discussions from the point of view of Germanic, practical and classical examples, scientific concepts, definitions recognized by many researchers, criteria for arranging texts, personal observations. In the article, there was a place for the main concepts and other information that contributed to the disclosure, deepening, and updating of some discourse units. A significant contribution is also the point of view of the authors, bringing special arguments and concepts for understanding and scientificlinguistic application of the discourse. The benefit of various types of research is to create a basis for applied linguistics that goes beyond functional pragmatics. We hope that these or other principles of analysis will help to understand the problems, they will also be prerequisites for the heuristic/search hypothesis, for the development of ideas in the study of language paradigms of related studies.

Linguopragmatic Scopes of Modern Media Texts

The study is devoted to the description of the linguopragmatic potential of media texts in the context of the informational and psychological impact on the individual and collective addressee of mass information broadcasting. As the key modern form of text existence in the information space, a media text contains not only verbal elements that influence the audience through either spoken or written words, but also non-verbal ones, introduced through video, picture and various sound means other than speech. The combined combination of communicative means of linguistic and non-linguistic nature enhances the information-psychological impact on the audience by achieving a synergistic effect. Due to the fact that with the complex use of verbal and non-verbal means, the media text acquires such essential characteristics as polycode and multimodality, its analysis should take into account not only the linguistic proper, but also the extralinguistic aspects of communication. Modern media text has a complex communicative structure that combines a text, hypertext, dynamic (static) image and sound, and provides a non-linear, multi-channel, multi-layered and multidimensional perception of the embedded conceptual and stylistic meanings. The aim of the study is to analyze linguopragmatic characteristics of a media text as the primary form of the informational and psychological impact realization in the modern mass media discourse. Descriptive, synchronic, diachronic and functional methods of research, as well as methods of contextual and communicative-pragmatic analysis have been employed. As to the material, the study is based on the analysis of theoretical works by Russian and foreign linguists for the past 30 years. The authors concluded that the information-psychological impact is enhanced by the use of PR and advertising techniques in the media text and is largely based on their application.

THE FORMATION OF ORTHOGRAPHIC NORM IN GERMAN LANGUAGE

The article is about the formation of orthographic norm in German language since the XVII century up to the present time. The stages of the formation of German orthographic norm are examined with the description of the main characteristics of each of them. On the basis of the research works of prominent Ukrainian and foreign linguists and conference documents related to the formation and codification of a definite orthographic norm in German (Standarddeutsch) from the XVII century up to the present day, a certain simplification of certain spelling rules in modern German and more consistent adherence to the etymological principle of spelling have been revealed. The aim of this paper is to describe the processes of orthographic norm formation in the German language. The object of the research is orthographic peculiarities of the German written language in XVII–XIX centuries. The subject of the research is orthographic changes in the German language in the XVII–XIX centuries. The research is based on the works of prominent Ukrainian and foreign linguists and conference documents related to the formation and codification of a universally accepted orthographic norm in the German language. The conducted research has revealed the ways in which the orthographic norm in the German language has developed. Undoubtedly, all the authors of the various orthographic reforms were motivated to improve German spelling in order to meet the cultural objectives of the German language at every stage of its development. However, only time will show how much the new rules will ease the task of using the German language in writing. In our opinion, the authors of the latest reform avoided radical reforms, which explains, for example, the preservation of capitalization of nouns in German. The results of the study can be useful in lectures on the History of the German Language, Historical Phonetics of the German Language, as well as in teaching and learning a practical course of German.

E-Justice Texts: Factors of Borrowing Terms and Motivation

The research is based on the articles, overviews and reports of the participants of the academic research “Transformation of Legal Regulation of Relations, Connected with Application of Digital Technologies in Legal System and within the System of Enforcement of Court Rulings” from which there have been extracted and analyzed terms, recently borrowed from English into Russian, which occur in the texts of e-justice. There has been done an overview of the opinions of Russian and foreign linguists connected with the issue of acceptance of borrowings, that resulted in such features as expedience, common sense, and correspondence to the target language standard. There have been generalized extralinguistic and linguistic factors of borrowings.
 There have been stated that transmitted terms are borrowed in a ready-made form. They are motivated lexemes in both languages. Being included in the complex hierarchical structure of micro- and macro-fields, the transmitted terms become integral elements of the term system, acquiring the semantic properties of the basic system-forming terms. Their Greek and Latin term elements support the process of internationalization of vocabulary and the ways of its formation.
 Some unmotivated and partially motivated basic terms of the computer branch of knowledge are frequency terms for digital texts. These interdisciplinary terms meet the requirements of brevity, unambiguity, and lack of synonymity, which indicates their ideal compliance with the terminological nomination.

Идеологический компонент военного дискурса

This article analyses the ideological component in the Georgian-language military discourse. It should be noted that the concept of discourse in modern Russian and foreign linguistics is interpreted in different ways, and the range of scientific approaches applicable to it is rather diverse, including linguocognitive, pragmastylistic, linguoculturological and others. The scientific description of the phenomenon of military discourse is limited to a few works. One of the key characteristics of this phenomenon is that its function is to organize communication between the subjects of professional communication, in the particular case, in the armed forces. The subject of research in this paper is the functioning and implementation of the language structures that contribute to the formation of the desired ideological attitudes and values in the addressee. The choice of texts of the military discourse of contemporary Georgia is determined by their accessibility to a wide range of readers (open access), as well as by the fact that to date there are no works related to the study of Georgian-language military texts within the framework of linguistics. Based on the works of Russian and foreign linguists, the main components that characterize military discourse as a separate category are identified. The ideological constituents of military discourse are determined, reflecting the communicative organization of the worldview of its subjects. In addition, lexical characteristics inherent in military discourse are highlighted. We believe that the materials reflected in this paper can be of interest and use to linguists, linguoconflictologists, specialists in intercultural communication and political linguistics as well as in Kartvelian studies.

Proper Name in the Structure of a Literary Text

Proper names are considered within the framework of the macrotext on the example of the texts of modern authors. The role of poetonymsis revealed when working with the image of a hero: naming as an indicator of social status, self-perception of a name, a name in communicative situations, etc. Currently, there is an increase in interest in the study of onomastics, including literary onomastics. A work of art is a special area of the functioning of proper names: here the words correspond not only with the real world, but also with the created reality; not only with modern discourse, but also with the language of the work itself. In the text, onymic units establish associative links. Proper names are an important component in the system of means of artistic expression. There are not so many works devoted to the study of the language of modern prose. In the scientific literature, the proper name’s role in works of fiction has not been fully studied. The subject of this study is proper names in a literary text. The object is the proper names of a literary text in modern prose. The theoretical and methodological basis was the work of domestic and foreign linguists. In the analysis of practical material, a descriptive method was used, systematization of onomastic units was carried out, as well as a generalization regarding the binding role of these linguistic elements in a literary text. The name is the bearer of a certain meaning, which reflects the conceptual intent of the author. It has been established that the choice of proper names in an artwork is determined by the context and is subject to the author’s intention. Proper names play a particularly important role in the structure of a literary text, serving as a key for expressing the author’s creative individuality, principles, beliefs and attitude to the real world. If the writer successfully chooses a name for his hero, then such a name acquires a certain semantic and stylistic load and deepens the emotional and artistic impression of both this image and the whole work as a whole.

Identifying and interpreting euphemisms and dysphemisms in RFL classes (the case of political discourse)

This article is devoted to the issue of the need to include in the course of Russian as a foreign language the work on the analysis of Russian-speaking political discourse, the issues of identifying and interpreting euphemisms and dysphemisms in the political discourse, in particular. Euphemisms and dysphemisms are widely used by Russian speakers in a variety of communication situations and speech genres, including political discourse, which makes the research devoted to the systematic description of their functioning in modern Russian-language communication and their place in the Russian language picture of the world urgent. The relevance of the present study is due to the need to integrate the results of cognitive and pragmatic research into the purposeful activities of the teacher of Russian as a foreign language to form the linguistic personality of a foreign student, capable of educational and professional activities in the conditions of multicultural dialogue. The paper deals with the formation of foreign students’ skills and abilities of discursive analysis of the Russian text, identification and interpretation of speech tactics and strategies, the strategy of dominance and resistance, implemented in speech through the use of euphemisms and dysphemisms, in particular. At high levels of proficiency in Russian as a foreign language B2-C1 these skills are a necessary element of the professional competence of humanities professionals. The choice of political texts as the material for the analysis is connected with the fact that for professionals in the humanities, in the field of international relations, in particular, political discourse is a significant sphere of official communication and professional interaction. The aim of the present study is to analyze the theoretical foundations for describing euphemisms and dysphemisms for linguistic and pedagogical purposes, and to develop an approach to creating learning materials aimed at building the skills and abilities of foreign students to recognize hidden meanings and tools of indirect communication in Russian political discourse. The use of the proposed approach helps to develop in foreign students the ability to analyze political discourse and to identify the author’s key and secondary intentions, as well as to improve the skill of operating political terminology and the selection of lexical and verbal means in accordance with the communicative situation and the communicative goals and intentions pursued. The authors relied on the works of domestic and foreign linguists and methodologists in their research. The sociocultural, competence and systemic approaches were used in the research, and the method of complex text analysis and descriptive method were applied.

Emotional Constituent of Rhetorical Questions (Based on the Lyrics of English Songs)

The article deals with rhetorical questions whose importance is evaluated, while interpreting the speaker’s psychological and emotional state. The author of the article offers theories about this grammatical unit, provided by foreign linguists. The theoretical aspects are supported with the examples from English songs of two long-plays A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) and Notes On A Conditional Form (2020), performed by the band The 1975. While writing lyrics, the author of the songs uses this or that type of rhetorical questions: the ones connected to the communicative function of preference (preference structure) or to the one of favour; either positive or negative rhetorical questions; or the questions starting with why question-word (wh-question). It is the diversity of emotions he wants to present to the audience that determines the author’s choice. Rhetorical questions help to realize the correlation of the author’s choice of a definite rhetorical question to the emotions of this very author.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WORD STRESS IN ENGLISH AND AZERBAIJANI LANGUAGES

Language is the universal means of communication. Unlike other ways of transmitting and receiving information, a person uses a sound language, which has an important property. Revealing the specifics of the linguistic nature of prosodic units is the object of research by many domestic and foreign linguists.

SEMANTIC GROUPS OF VERBAL PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE MEANING OF A SPECIFIC ACTIVITY

The author explores individual verbal phraseological units’ meanings, the formation of the semantic structure of the subcategory of activity and individual structural and semantic groups. The main method of this study was the method of semantic identification. The methodological base consists of the works of leading Russian and foreign linguists in phraseology and lexicology. The research material consists of factual material from modern phraseographic sources, as well as the author's card-file of verbal phraseological units. The author describes mono-semantic verbal phraseological units with the meaning of social activity, movement and displacement in space, as well as the ones with the meaning of specific physical actions aimed at satisfying the most important physical (physiological) needs. The pattern of nouns with the meaning of a specific object as a product of activity functioning as an object of the studied units is substantiated. It is established that within the framework of structural-semantic groups and semantic subgroups, verbal phraseological units with the meaning of a specific activity have synonymous relationships. The results obtained can be applied in the courses of lectures and seminars on the modern Belarusian language, as well as on the text linguistics and cultural studies.

Horse Gait Terms in Turkic Languages of Siberia (Compared to Mongolic Languages)

Purpose. Russian and foreign linguists studied the influence of Turkic languages on the grammatical and lexical composition of Mongolic languages. Material from monuments and modern living languages of Siberia shed light on the role of the early Turkic and Mongolic language in the development of the modern linguistic landscape of the region, specifying its place in the Altai linguistic family from a cultural perspective. Horse is a sacred animal for all Turkic and Mongolic speaking nomads that take an important place in their economy and culture, with all its characteristics being featured in the lexicon of the languages under comparison. Researchers also examined a wide range of Mongolian words reflecting various sex- and age-specific terms for livestock and its color as well as keeping and pasturing practices, pasture characteristics, livestock economy, etc. The lexicon characterizing horse movement in Turkic and Mongolic languages has not been the subject of comparative analysis in modern Turkic studies. Thus, the paper describes and analyzes the lexico-semantic group of words that represent the terms for the pattern of natural movement of horse in Turkic and Mongolic languages.Results. To achieve the research objectives we used the synchronous descriptive, comparative, contrastive-typological, and where possible comparative-historical methods. The study defined the structure and semantics of linguistic units, revealing considerably more similarities than differences in the plane of expression in both Turkic languages of Siberia and Mongolic layers of vocabulary.Conclusion. Yakut demonstrates both the Turkic and Mongolic layers, which is characteristic of all languages under comparison. Also, there are later borrowings from Buryat, e.g. the verbs denoting ‘amble’.

The Linguistic Personality of Abish Kekilbayev in the Context of Political Discourse (Based on the Material of Public Speeches)

The article examines the communicative strategies and communicative tactics of political discourse based on the material of public speeches by Abish Kekilbayev during the meeting of the commission "A" of the Geneva ОSCE Meeting on National Minorities in June 1991, at the closing of the II session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the XIII convocation on December 27, 1994, as well as an interview given to journalist V. Paramonov and published in the magazine "Thought", No. 12 in 1994 under the title "This hard parliamentary bread". The article provides a brief overview of the research of Kazakh and foreign linguists in the field of the study of discourse, political discourse, communicative strategies and tactics, as well as their various classifications. Political discourse is considered in its broadest sense as a discourse in which any speech formations, subject, addressee or their content belong to the sphere of politics, according to the definition of E.A. Sheigal. Communicative strategies are understood as a set of verbal and nonverbal actions aimed at achieving communicative goals, and communicative tactics are one or more actions that contribute to the implementation of the strategy (according to O.S. Issers). The analysis of communicative strategies and communicative tactics demonstrates the possibility of using this approach in the study of political discourse, as it allows to identify both explicit and implicit intentions of the author.

STRUCTURAL-SEMANTIC PECULARITIES OF PHRASES WITH THE “CAT” COMPONENT (BASED ON FRENCH, ENGLISH AND UKRAINIAN LANGUAGES)

This paper presents an investigation of structural and semantic pecularities of french, english and ukrainian phrases with the “cat” component. Phraseologisms are an important layer of any language, which function both in colloquial and literary variants, filling with new meaning. Scientific achievements in the studied phraseology of individual languages give a reason to emphasize the presence of various universals in it, and from this it becomes possible to highlight the phenomena of general phraseology. It is from this point of view that this work examines the theoretical foundations of general phraseology as an integral part of the systems of individual languages. One of the sources of enrichment of the literary language with expressive and pictorial possibilities is the national idiomatic heritage, in particular, zoosemic phraseological units. The article examines the current state of developments in the field of modern philology regarding the concept of phraseologism, the peculiarities of the functioning of a phrase with a zoonym component based on the material of modern French, English, and Ukrainian languages. A comparative analysis of the variability of the formation and structural-semantic divergence of the studied units with the “cat” component proves that the inclusion of zoonyms in the phraseology testifies to the important role of animals in the general interpretive picture of the world, which is determined by the traditional model of the transfer of animal qualities to humans and vice versa. The conducted research is based, in particular, on the classification of factual material according to grammatical features, which allows one to clearly understand the similarities and differences in the formation of the corresponding phrases. The few works of domestic and foreign linguists in this field are mainly devoted to the general study of animalisms of all classes. However, they do not fully reflect the role of such representatives of the fauna as the cat in creating the linguistic identity of the nation. To date, there is a lack of comprehensive works that would trace the structural and semantic features of the functioning of zoonyms as part of phraseological units on the material of several languages, which proves the relevance of our research.