English Idioms and Phrases as the Reflection of language and Culture Symbiosis
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7451-2023-42-1-114-125Keywords:
language and culture interaction, idiom, modern English, biblical idioms, borrowed idioms, idioms from literatureAbstract
The article deals with the peculiarities of idioms productivity based on the example of English culture. The authors analyze the peculiarities of historical, cultural and language aspects of idioms functioning in modern English. According to the research work, English idioms are characterized as the language substance presenting its cultural heritage. Modern English is characterized by the development of figurative, idiomatic meaning in terminological expressions, still it possesses the characteristic features from the language and cultural past revealed in the form of idioms and phrases. The authors stress, that biblical idioms present the main part of idioms’ units range typical for modern English usage today. Idioms of classic literature origin come next in popularity due to necessity to follow customs and traditions of national culture. Finally, idioms from artworks by W. Shakespeare and W. Scott outperformed other English authors in popularity while using idioms by common people in everyday life aspects. To conclude, the lexical level of modern English has some number of borrowed idioms from foreign literature authors: authors from the USA and France have had the most significant impact on the state of the English language today; so, American and French idioms are of productive usage level in the modern English language functioning.
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