PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS AS FRAGMENTS OF THE LINGUISTIC PICTURE OF THE WORLD

Abstract

The theme of the nationally and culturally specific features of phraseological units is quite traditional in phraseology research. In these studies, phraseological units are viewed as nationally specific language entities that accumulate the cultural potential of a people. In this context, phraseology, as fragments of the linguistic picture of the world, expresses both the material and spiritual culture of a nation. Researchers have often noted the national uniqueness of phraseological units within the linguistic picture of the world of various nations, reflecting elements of national mentality. The differences between phraseological units of different peoples are determined by religion and history, customs and traditions, natural conditions, and the value systems of specific nations. The national peculiarities of worldview of any ethnocultural community are rooted in the lifestyle and psychology of its people, reflected in the language through the semantic structure of linguistic signs.