50. What types of phraseological units are included into “nominative” category by A.V.Kunin?
Answer: Nominative Phraseological units denote things, objects, processes, qualities, etc. They are termed nominative, because their main function is nominating, it means they give names to things: A tall order (hard task), a bee one's bonnet (a fancy and fixed idea). In turn Nominative phraseological units are subdivided into 4 groups:
◆ Substantive: They may denote only persons, objects or both. Anthropocentric-describing persons, and all connected with them. (A couch potato)
◆ Adjectival- they denote a quality of things and serves as modifier of nouns. (Dead as Doornail)
◆ Adverbial- they modify verbs, adjectives. (By hook or by crook)
◆ Prepositional- they are phrases that used before nouns, pronouns, noun phrases to show place, time, direction, location, etc. (on time, because of)
51. Can phraseological units have a semantic structure? Justify your opinion
Answer: Semantic structure is the arranged set of all the meanings of a word, represented by lexico-semantic variants.
52. What is an evaluative function? Provide examples
Answer: The evaluative function is included in pragmatic function. The evaluation can be positive or negative. Here are examples of phraseological units with a positive assessment: Chinaman's chance - katta imkoniyatlar, gay Greek - quvnoq odam, the flesh-pots of Egypt - moddiy farovonlik, boy hayot. The following are examples of phraseological units with a negative assessment: Arab of the gutter - ko'cha bolasi, uysiz bola, boshpanasiz bola; Bristol compliment - sovg'a beruvchining o'ziga keraksiz narsani taqdim qilishi; There are much more phraseological units with a negative assessment than phraseological units with a positive assessment. This phenomenon is also observed in vocabulary.
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