FEATURES OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE COMPONENT “LANGUAGE” IN THE RUSSIAN AND TUVAN LANGUAGES IN A COMPARATIVE ASPECT

Abstract

The article presents a semantic and comparative analysis of phraseological units with the component “language” in Tuvan and Russian languages. Phraseological units of the Russian language with this component have been widely studied, but they have not been considered in comparison with the Tuvan language. The objective of the research is to identify similarities and differences in the semantics of phraseological units with the component “language” in Tuvan and Russian. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are set: to identify phraseological units with the “language” component from lexicographic works of Tuvan and Russian; to distribute phraseological units into semantic groups; to identify similarities and differences of phraseological units with the component “language” in the compared languages. Materials of the research are Tuvan-Russian phraseological dictionary by Ya. Sh. Hertek, from which 60 Tuvan units are picked out, and V. N. Telia’s “Large phraseological dictionary of the Russian language”, in which about 90 Russian units are found. The phraseological units in the compared languages are divided into four semantic groups with similar meanings: phraseological units associated with speech activity, denoting the character of a person, as well as the taste properties of food, with meanings of wishes, oaths, curses, with meanings not related to speech activity. The analysis reveals the peculiarities of the world picture of the two peoples.