TEACHING PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS AND THEIR PROBLEMS

Abstract

Annotatsion: Phraseological units absorb values of the ages in which it lives.
The problem of understanding the meaning of a phraseological unit is linked with a
possibility of increasing our knowledge about the world diachronically. The authors
underline the importance of phraseological studies as it demonstrates the
interrelation between the language and the society. The role of phraseological units
as specific structures in forming vocabulary and linguacultural competence of
students is very significant because they encapsulate a national, country’s cultural
outlook. Usage-based theories of language learning suggest that phraseology must
be studied as a part of vocabulary. Teaching phraseology is a part of cultural
approach in foreign teaching methodology and arranging vocabulary studying
though structure of component meaning is linguistic approach. This article begins
by establishing a theoretical framework to help find the answer to the question:
‘‘what do the words in a phraseological unit mean?’’. From there, major
phraseological concepts on the problem are reviewed. Complex methodology is
applied: method of phraseological identification, semantic analysis. Finally, the
article concludes with a discussion of four types of wordcomponents in
phraseological units: real words; potential words; “former” words; “ghost-words and
possible paths for future research.