SEMANTICS OF THE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE COMPONENTS-CLOTHING NAMES IN THE ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

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The article is devoted to the semantic analysis of the phraseological units with the components-clothing names in the English and Russian languages. The study of the phraseological units of the different languages with a view to identify their national and cultural specifics allows better understanding the psychology and world outlook of the peoples. Evidently, the elements-clothing names are represented in the phraseology of the English and Russian languages; they are a kind of mirror reproducing the history of mankind.

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• Published: June 20, 2015.

Keywords

• английская и русская языковые картины мира
• фразеологическая единица
• семантика
• одежда
• English and Russian linguistic pictures of the world
• phraseological unit
• semantics
• clothing

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