THE MODIFICATION OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE MEANING OF REPRESENTATION IN PROSE FICTION
The cognitive category of representation is qualified as a structural and semantic category. The semantics of representation is expressed at different levels of the language system, mainly at the lexical and phraseological level. In this article the phraseological units some of which are modified in prose fiction are considered as relevant means of expression of semantics of representation for native speakers of the Russian language. Formally modified phraseological units show the sense augment demonstrating their polysemantic character.