PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS

A branch of linguistics which studies different types of set expressions, which like words name various objects and phenomena.

Expressions the meaning of which can be deduced from the meanings of their components; the meaning of the whole is based on the transferred meanings of the components.

Units whose meaning cannot be deduced from the meanings of their component parts. The meaning of PFs is unmotivated at the present stage of language development.

phraseological expressions commonly used in professional or business settings. Example: "To think outside the box" (to think creatively or unconventionally).

small, frequently occurring sequences of words that are processed and stored as single units in the brain.

regular associations between words or phrases that tend to co-occur in language.

phraseological expressions used to convey emotions or feelings. Example: "To have butterflies in one's stomach" (to feel nervous or excited).

characteristic lies in the fact that phraseology has some features of the word: for example, semantic integrity, the ability to function as a ready-made unit, reproducibility in speech.

phraseological expressions derived from fashion and clothing terminology. Example: "To be in someone's shoes" (to empathize with someone's situation).

phrase or expression with a stable structure and meaning that is used as a unit in language.