Semantic peculiarities of phraseological units with component “liquids” in the Ukrainian language

Abstract

The analysis of the semantic peculiarities of phraseological units with the component “liquids” in the Ukrainian language is introduced in the article. The relevance of the topic is determined by the general orientation of contemporary linguistic researches on complex, in-depth study of complicated linguistic signs in lingual and speech aspects; for further study and analysis of processes of formation and development of phraseological units, their system organization, structure and semantic peculiarities considering linguistic and extralinguistic factors. The investigation of the phrasemes with the component “liquids” of the Ukrainian language enables to uncover a new facet of the nomination. It demonstrates deep connections of phraseological semantics with national mentality. It promotes deeper understanding of the processes of formation of the language picture of the world. The material of the research is the dialectological dictionaries and phraseological dictionaries of the modern Ukrainian language. The scientific methods of description and analysis were used to determine, systemize, classify the semantic peculiarities of the Ukrainian phraseological units with the component “liquids”. List of phraseological units with the component “liquids” has been put and their subject classification has been presented. Five thematic groups of the investigated units were conditionally differentiated. Some of them are divided into subgroups: 1. The phraseological units with the component “water”: a) phrasemes with the component “water” where lexeme “water” is used in the sense of a transparent, colorless liquid; b) the phraseological units with the components of the water bodies (sea, swamp, river, lake); c) the phraseological units with the components of natural phenomena (rain, fog, dew). 2. The phraseological units with the components of beverages’ names: a) the phraseological units with the components of the alcohol beverages: hop, vodka, honey, beer, wine; b) the phraseological units with the components of the alcohol free beverages: milk, kvass, tea. 3. The phraseological units with the components of the products of vital functions (blood, bile, urine, fat, saliva, sweat, tears, gastric secretion, etc.). 4. The phraseological units with the components of food in a liquid state (honey, sour cream, cream, etc.). 5. The phraseological units with the components of other liquids (tar, oil, etc.) Semantic peculiarities of the above-mentioned units have been analyzed and their role in the formation of the language picture of the world has been determined. As a result it was proved that the phraseological units with the component “liquids” make quantitatively big and semantically various layer. Such diversity of the meanings of the phraseological units with the analysed component proves that liquid is one of the most important elements of everyday life and the existence of biological envelope

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М. В. Канюк

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М. В. Канюк (2018). Semantic peculiarities of phraseological units with component “liquids” in the Ukrainian language. Науковий вісник Дрогобицького державного педагогічного університету імені Івана Франка. Серія: Філологічні науки (мовознавство), 9(), 76-80. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-521478