List of publications on a keyword: «idiom»

The relevance of the event is determined by the need to increase the level of financial literacy of modern schoolchildren, on the one hand, as a task of the state, and on the other, as a response to social demand from students and their parents. Games are a great way to make learning important and interesting facts fun for the younger generation. They stimulate cognitive interest, help to master a foreign language better, and develop qualities such as independence and initiative. In addition, games contribute to the formation of a team spirit: students actively work together, support each other and listen attentively, and the teacher acts as a mentor. To broaden the horizons of the students and introduce them to interesting facts about the culture of English-speaking countries, I use the game according to the rules of the popular TV show "Field of Miracles". It is intended for students in grades 8-10 and is dedicated to English idioms on the topic of "Money".

The relevance of this study is determined by the importance of theoretical and practical analysis of issues related to intercultural communication. The object of this paper is the extralinguistic aspect of the U.S. military lingo. The subject area embraces distinctive linguistic phenomena of the military subcultural milieu, going back to the historical and cultural heritage of military society and thus characterized by extralinguistic context. As exemplified in English, the authors point out, that success of cross-cultural communication is largely determined both by a high level of linguistic competence and background knowledge.

Abstract: this article analyzes the structural-semantic functioning of idioms as a component of the nominative phraseological units on the pages of modern English periodicals.

This article explores semantic and stylistic meaning changes of idioms with the word “silki” (snares) during XVIII–XXI centuries on the basis of Russian classics and modern literature texts and publicistic writing. It is proved that the word “silki” (snares) was used as a biblical expression in ecclesiastic and some fiction texts, this explanes its strong negative connotation, which is out of use in up-to-date contexts.

Annotation: The semantic role of phraseology and sustainable comparison in the text of the artwork is analyzed in the article. The attention to the function of the phraseological unit as a key unit in the text is drawn.

Nowadays, many linguists study phraseological units. Authors in newspaper texts often use idioms, thanks to their unique emotion. In this article, we look at newspaper headlines and texts with modified phraseological units.