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IDENTIFYING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS
Corresponding Author(s) : Roza Ayupova
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): January
Abstract
Purpose of the study: The experiment is aimed at studying the potential of non-native speakers in applying various idiom transformations. The relevance of the current work is closely related to its purpose since the ability to identify the key component of an idiom or proverb makes their comprehension much easier and deeper.
Methodology: The authors used experimental methods to reveal the role of transformations in identifying the key components of idioms. The experiment included several types of experiments: natural, transformational, open and mental. The subjects were 28 third-year students of Kazan Federal University whose major is English as a group of informants. The group of informants was given 10 English phraseological units which include a component part nominating some profession. Students were given two tasks and the time limit given for it was 2 – 2.5 hours.
Main Findings: The paper describes an experiment conducted with the purpose of identifying key components/components of phraseological units. Having analyzed two types of phraseological transformations (substitution and deletion) performed by informants, we draw conclusions concerning the relevance of applying each of these types of transformation for the purpose of identifying the key component/components.
Applications of this study: Analysis of the results of the experiment conducted within this research demonstrates that each of the phraseological units under analysis is built according to a particular semantic model, which is retained when any of the component parts are substituted and can be restored when deleting component parts other than key ones.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The fact that most phraseological units are built according to some semantic template and the possibility of distinguishing one or more key components within them is assumed. The experiment also reveals the possibility of an element of a phraseological unit being not necessarily a component part. The relevance of the current work is closely related to its purpose since the ability to identify the key component of an idiom or proverb makes their comprehension much easier and deeper.
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- Abdullina, A.R. (2007). Contextual Transformation of Phraseological Units in English and Russian. Ph.D. dissertation. Kazan’: Kazan’ Federal University.
- Alvarez de la Granja, M. (2008). Fixed Expressions in Cross-Linguistic Perspective. A Multilingual and Multidisciplinary Approach. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac.
- Arsenteva, E. & Arsentyeva, Y. (2013). Some Methods of Finding Key Components in English Proverbs. Paris: Presses Universitaires de Sainte Gemme.
- Arsenteva, E.F. & Semushina, E.Yu. (2013). Features of the creation of an expanded phraseological metaphor in the light of cognitive theory. Belgorod: ID “Belgorod†NIU “BelGUâ€.
- Ayupova, R., Sakhibullina, K. & Ortiz Alvarez, M.L. (2018). Reproducibility in Phraseology and Ornithonym Components. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Special Issue 1, 13-16. https://doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi1.13.16 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi1.13.16
- Ayupova, R.A., Bashirova, M.A., Bezuglova, O.A., Kuznetsova, A.A. & Sahkibullina, K.A. (2014). Ornythonym Component and Phraseological Meaning. Life Sciences Journal, 11(11), 290-293.
- Byiyk, I. A. (2016). Phraseological units with a colorative component in English and Turkish. Ph.D. dissertation. Kazan’: Kazan Federal University.
- Dobrovol'skij, D. & Piirainen, E. (1994). Sprachliche Unikalia im Deutschen: Zum Phänomen phraseologisch gebundener Formative. Folia Linguistica, 28(3-4), 449-473. https://doi.org/10.1515/flin.1994.28.3-4.449 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/flin.1994.28.3-4.449
- Dobrovol'skij, D. (1988). Phraseologie als Objekt der Universalienlinguistik. Leipzig: Verlag Enzyklopadie.
- Fernando, C. (1996). Idioms and idiomaticity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- Urban Dictionary. Electronic resource. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term
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- Vasiljevic, Z. (2015). Teaching and Learning Idioms in L2: from Theory to Practice. MexTESOL Journal, 35(4), 1-24.
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Abdullina, A.R. (2007). Contextual Transformation of Phraseological Units in English and Russian. Ph.D. dissertation. Kazan’: Kazan’ Federal University.
Alvarez de la Granja, M. (2008). Fixed Expressions in Cross-Linguistic Perspective. A Multilingual and Multidisciplinary Approach. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac.
Arsenteva, E. & Arsentyeva, Y. (2013). Some Methods of Finding Key Components in English Proverbs. Paris: Presses Universitaires de Sainte Gemme.
Arsenteva, E.F. & Semushina, E.Yu. (2013). Features of the creation of an expanded phraseological metaphor in the light of cognitive theory. Belgorod: ID “Belgorod†NIU “BelGUâ€.
Ayupova, R., Sakhibullina, K. & Ortiz Alvarez, M.L. (2018). Reproducibility in Phraseology and Ornithonym Components. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Special Issue 1, 13-16. https://doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi1.13.16 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi1.13.16
Ayupova, R.A., Bashirova, M.A., Bezuglova, O.A., Kuznetsova, A.A. & Sahkibullina, K.A. (2014). Ornythonym Component and Phraseological Meaning. Life Sciences Journal, 11(11), 290-293.
Byiyk, I. A. (2016). Phraseological units with a colorative component in English and Turkish. Ph.D. dissertation. Kazan’: Kazan Federal University.
Dobrovol'skij, D. & Piirainen, E. (1994). Sprachliche Unikalia im Deutschen: Zum Phänomen phraseologisch gebundener Formative. Folia Linguistica, 28(3-4), 449-473. https://doi.org/10.1515/flin.1994.28.3-4.449 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/flin.1994.28.3-4.449
Dobrovol'skij, D. (1988). Phraseologie als Objekt der Universalienlinguistik. Leipzig: Verlag Enzyklopadie.
Fernando, C. (1996). Idioms and idiomaticity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gibbs, R. W. & O’Brien, J. (1990). Idioms and Mental Imagery: the Metaphorical motivation for Idiomatic Meaning. Cognition, 1(36), 35-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(90)90053-M DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(90)90053-M
Gibbs, R., Nayak, N., Bolton, J. & Keppel, J. M. (1989). Speaker’s assumptions about the lexical flexibility of idioms. Memory & Cognition, 17(1), 58–68. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199557 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199557
Guryanov, I. O. (2016). Book phraseological units in English, Russian and German. Ph.D. dissertation. Kazan’: Kazan Federal University.
Lakoff, G. & Johnson, М. (2003). Metaphors we live by. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226470993.001.0001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226470993.001.0001
Littlemore, J. (2015). Metonymy. Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought, and Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338814 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338814
Sabban, A. (2007). Culture-boundness and problems of cross-cultural phraseology. Phraseology: an international handbook of contemporary research. Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110171013.590 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110171013.590
Sanchez, B. P. & Pinto, D. (2015). Identification of Verbal Phraseological Units in Mexican News Stories. Computación y Sistemas, 19(4), 713–720. https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-19-4-2328 DOI: https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-19-4-2328
Soehn, J.-P. (2006). On Idiom Parts and their Contexts. Linguistik online, 27(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.27.741
Urban Dictionary. Electronic resource. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term
Varlamova, E., Naciscione, A. & Tulusina, E. A. (2016). Study on the Phenomenon of Collocations: Methodology of Teaching English and German Collocations to Russian Students. International Journal of Environmental & Science Education, 11(6), 1275-1284.
Vasiljevic, Z. (2015). Teaching and Learning Idioms in L2: from Theory to Practice. MexTESOL Journal, 35(4), 1-24.
Vulchanova, M., Vulchanov, V. & Stankova, M. (2011). Idiom comprehension in the first language: a developmental study. Journal VIAL, 2, 207-234.