идиоматика

The article deals with the linguistic and speech category of directness, which is dialectically connected with its opposite – the category of indirectness. Realizations of the category of directness are considered: firstly, in language vocabulary and idiomatics; secondly, in speech communication; thirdly, in a more general sense of understanding the features of the system of language and speech. Two aspects of using the concept of directness to characterize linguistic and communicative-speech phenomena are considered.

In this article the main trends of the usage of the semantic field «family» in the forming of Russian and English idioms are analyzed; cognitive fundamentals of this process are distinguished.

The article deals with the content of Russian and Polish idiomatic systems from the point of view of the semantic field «Slavic paganism» elements being used in them. The main thematic groups included in the idiomatic systems are singled out. Similarities and differences in the idiomatization of Slavic sacral ideas in Russian and Polish phraseological units have been identified.

The article analyzes Arabic idioms with the nominations of headwear. The structure and semantics of the members of this group are identified. The role of these idioms in representing the linguistic picture of the world of Arab ethnicity is determined.