Semantics and Structure of Verbal Phraseological Units
CHAPTER TWO SEMANTICS AND STRUCTURE OF VERBAL PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS
The subject matter of our graduation paper is semantics and structure of verbal phraseological units . The English language is extremely rich in verbal phraseological units due to their grammatical features and the diversity of their structural types. It is known that the verb is endowed with the richest grammatical categories in the system of the parts of speech. The same grammatical features pass from the verb to verbal idioms. Becoming a component of an idiom, the verb endows its idiom with its grammatical and functional characteristic features. The classification system of phraseological units suggested by Professor A.V. Koonin is the latest outstanding achievement in the Russian theory of phraseology. The classification is based on the combined structural – semantic principle and it also considers the quotient of stability of phraseological units ( Антрушина Г. Б., Афанасьева О.В., Морозова Н.Н., Лексикология Английского языка, 2008 ). Phraseological units are subdivided into the following four classes according to their function in communication determined by their structural – semantic characteristics.
1. Nominative phraseological units are represented by word – groups, including the ones with one meaningful word, and coordinative phrases of the type wear and tear. The first class also includes word- groups with a predicative structure, such as the crow flies, and, also, predicative phrases of the type see how the land lies, ships that pass in the night.
2. Nominative – communicative phraseological units include word- groups of the type to break the ice - the ice is broken, verbal word- groups which are transformed into a sentence when the verb is used in the Passive Voice.
3. Phraseological units which are neither nominative nor communicative include interjectional word- groups.
4. Communicative phraseological units are represented by proverbs and
The subject matter of our graduation paper is semantics and structure of verbal phraseological units . The English language is extremely rich in verbal phraseological units due to their grammatical features and the diversity of their structural types. It is known that the verb is endowed with the richest grammatical categories in the system of the parts of speech. The same grammatical features pass from the verb to verbal idioms. Becoming a component of an idiom, the verb endows its idiom with its grammatical and functional characteristic features. The classification system of phraseological units suggested by Professor A.V. Koonin is the latest outstanding achievement in the Russian theory of phraseology. The classification is based on the combined structural – semantic principle and it also considers the quotient of stability of phraseological units ( Антрушина Г. Б., Афанасьева О.В., Морозова Н.Н., Лексикология Английского языка, 2008 ). Phraseological units are subdivided into the following four classes according to their function in communication determined by their structural – semantic characteristics.
1. Nominative phraseological units are represented by word – groups, including the ones with one meaningful word, and coordinative phrases of the type wear and tear. The first class also includes word- groups with a predicative structure, such as the crow flies, and, also, predicative phrases of the type see how the land lies, ships that pass in the night.
2. Nominative – communicative phraseological units include word- groups of the type to break the ice - the ice is broken, verbal word- groups which are transformed into a sentence when the verb is used in the Passive Voice.
3. Phraseological units which are neither nominative nor communicative include interjectional word- groups.
4. Communicative phraseological units are represented by proverbs and
Bibliography: represents the list of theoretical literature and dictionaries used in the present graduation paper.