SOMATIC PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS CHARACTERIZING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

Abstract

The article gives a review and analysis of phraseological units with a non-verbal somatic component. The study shows how widely and productively somaticisms are used as a part of phraseological units, which represent a large section of phraseology in modern English. The authors pay special attention to the fact that the semantics of the bulk of somatic phraseological units is related to the emotional and mental behavior of a person. The authors determined the number and thematic diversity of groups of phraseological units that include the corresponding somaticisms, depending on the functional significance of a particular part of the head. The authors conclude that somatic phraseologies are based on observations of human behavior. Depending on the functional significance of a particular part of the body, the number is determined, as well as the thematic variety of groups of phraseologies, including the relevant somatisms. The semantics of the bulk of somatic idioms is associated with emotional and mental behavior of a person.