ON THE QUESTION OF GERMAN AND RUSSIAN ADJECTIVAL COMPARATIVE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS

Abstract

The article provides a comparative analysis of adjectival comparative phraseological units in German and Russian. In Russian and German, there are various ways of formation of adjectival comparative phraseological units. Among them there are ACFE, where the second component is semantically antonymous to the first component. The systematic organization of adjectival comparative phraseological units by thematic and lexico-semantic groups is carried out on the basis of the thematic principle of classification. Thematic groups may include smaller, also conceptually related lexico-semantic groups. The comparative analysis of comparative phraseological units of German and Russian languages has established that these units have significant similarities. Most semantic groups of the Russian language have correspondences in the German language. In all semantic groups of both languages, components denoting vital concepts are marked. The most correspondences are noted among the first components- adjectives, especially among those that characterize the physical state of living beings, they are the most productive in both languages. Differences are observed in minor cases. In almost all groups, there is a slight numerical superiority of the first components in the German language. Among the adjectival components, where there is a similarity than among other groups, in Russian there is a group of adjectives that denote color.