THE MICROCOMPONENTS OF THE PHRASEOLOGICAL CONNOTATION AND THEIR FORMATION FACTORS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to an urgent problem of today – the study of phraseological connotation. There are different points of view on the essence of the concept of “connotation”, different approaches to its description, as well as there are also difficulties in differentiating lexical and phraseological connotations. That’s why the analysis of its microcomponents can help to understand the essence of this contradictive phenomenon. The article describes the microcomponents of phraseological connotation, taking into account the factors of their formation on the material of phraseological units of moral semantics. Based on the analysis, the phraseological units of this category are subdivided into groups; the emosemes of pejorative and ameliorative evaluation are singled out. The intensity semes, as well as the historical status of some phraseological units, are considered. The factors influencing the formation of the national-cultural connotative micro-component are identified. They are the component, extralinguistic and etymological factors. The article will be useful for further linguistic and phraseological research. The algorithm for studying phraseological units in a comparative way is described. It is concluded that the study of phraseological connotation should be carried out in a complex manner, taking into account the listed factors.