Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Jan 2023)
PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE ORNITHONYM COMPONENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THEIR VARIATIONS
Abstract
Productive models of phraseological units are motivated by high emotional impact on the recipient. This is the main reason why phraseological variations and modifications always cause great interest among scientists. The main purpose of this research is to find and analyze the productive models of phraseological units with ornithonym components in contemporary English. In 2022, social networks are one of the richest sources of examples of everyday language use. The analysis showed that literalization is the most common type of modification that phraseological units with ornithonym components undergo in social media, as people mostly tend to use phraseological units to describe a picture with some kind of bird.
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