https://doi.org/10.36719/2789-6919/42/63-66
Aynura Khanlarova
Azerbaijan University of Languages
PhD student
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3696-697X
aynura.xanlarova@sdu.edu.az
Phraseolgical Variativity and Phraseological Synonymy
(Based on the materials of English and Azerbaijani languages)
Abstract
Since variability is one of the specific, characteristic and distinctive features, phraseological units also have a large number of variants according to their lexical and grammatical properties. Variants of phraseological units arise as a result of changes that occur at the semantic and grammatical levels, but do not violate the integrity of phraseological units. Linguists who study the units of the phraseological system always pay attention to the importance of studying both the paradigmatic and syntagmatic properties of phraseology, as well as the potential capabilities of their components. This is manifested in the internal transformation of phraseological units. Phraseological units undergo various changes in speech. However, not all of these changes are reflected in the phraseological system.
The following aspects can be considered features of the synonymy of phraseological units: the identity of lexical meaning; the presence of the same lexical and grammatical properties. It should be noted that if one of the components of a phraseological unit changes, then they cannot be synonymous. Synonyms have a closer connection of phraseological units than semantic correlation. Phraseological units must belong to the same syntactic type and have the same semantic intensity for being considered synonymous. In other words, they must have the same conceptual and categorical grammatical components of phraseological meaning. It is the minimum requirement for phraseological synonyms.
Keywords: lexical substitution, phraseological variant, phraseological synonymy, phraseological stability, monostructural synonymy, structurally similar synonyms