Uzbekistan State World Languages University ma course “ Modern trends and concepts in Phraseology” Academic year 2022-2023 /3rd

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION 
•The communicative function of phraseological units is their ability to serve as means for communication or message transfer; 
•Communication presupposes a mutual exchange of statements, and message presupposes the transfer of information without a feedback from the reader or the listener:
E.g. A burnt child dreads the fire.
NOMINATIVE FUNCTION
•Nominative function is naming objects and situations of the real world, filling in lacunas in the lexical system of the language, or creating phraseological synonyms to existing lexemes thus enriching the language world picture: 
•E.g. 1. Swim like a fish/drink like a fish;
2. Bold as a lion/weak as a kitten;
3. Dark horse; black sheep; dirty dog;
4. Skeleton in the cupboard.
COGNITIVE FUNCTION 
Language is considered to be the main tool of communication and human cognition and conceptualisation; Language is a means of storing and transmitting information and different knowledge structures which are verbalised in linguistic expressions (Ashurova, Galieva 2018)
PhUs represent the most powerful cultural and conceptually relevant language units which reflect conceptual thinking and reasoning of the native speakers in the most expressive ways
E.g. To put the Thames on fire; to play with fire; to be between two fires; to be a ball of fire; etc

150. 
      Find 3 proverbial expressions for describing ‘likeness’ in English and Uzbek/Russian, and explain their cultural conformity
     

English

1. 
   like father, like son, 
   
2. 
   the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
   

3 A good Jack makes a good Jill.

Каков муж, такова и жена..

Uzbek
Olma tagiga olma tushadi, Onasini ko’rib qizini ol  
Пословица "Яблоко от яблони недалеко падает" означает, что зачастую поступки детей очень похожи на поступки родителей.