CONNOTATIVE MEANINGS OF NAMES OF CLOTHING IN PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN A COMPARATIVE ASPECT (BASED ON THE “RUSSIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS”, EDITED BY S. LUBENSKAYA)

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a study of names of clothing in Russian phraseological units in comparison with their English equivalents presented in the English phraseological units of S. Lubenskaya’s dictionary. The article explores not only denotative equivalents of Russian names of clothing, but also their connotative meanings. Such linguistic concept as “connotation” is taken as a theoretical basis. The comparative study of phraseological units makes it possible to establish: a) types of relations between the subject vocabulary of equivalent phraseological units of two languages; b) the connotative meanings of names of clothing that determined their inclusion in the phraseological units with an emphasis on Russian phraseological units. In addition, the study of subject vocabulary in the given aspect helps identify the “subject standard” of phraseological units – typical subjects that are in the focus of attention of the phraseology of Russian and English.