ENGLISH IDIOMATIC PHRASEOLOGY IN THE ECONOMIC MEDIA DISCOURSE (EXEMPLIFIED BY ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS)

Abstract

The paper presents a review of stylistic, structural and lexical and semantic features of functioning of English idiomatic expressions or phraseological units in the economic media discourse. The main objective of the work is to study modern linguistic approaches of the Russian and foreign scientists to the definition of idiomatic phraseology and analyze features of functioning of English idiomatic combinations in economic media discourse, which will make it possible to detail the elements of the economic discourse analysis in the context of real communicative practice. The paper summarizes the Russian and foreign scientists’ experience in the field of idiomatic phraseology. The specifics of functioning of phraseological units in the economic media discourse is revealed and interpretation of the information recorded in these idiomatic expressions using English-language economic media discourse is given. The findings are of practical value, they can be used in the process of teaching English for specific purposes at Economics and Finance universities.