PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE ZOONYM COMPONENT IN CRIMEAN TATAR AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES: LINGUACULTURAL ASPECT
The basis of this study was that language and culture are interdependent and interrelated, cultural and linguistic symbols work closely. The article analyses the peculiarities of the Crimean Tatar and English phraseological units which have in their semantics zoomorphic component. The analysis is done on the basis of phraseological components - names of domestic and wild animals, which mark the positive and negative qualities of a person. The study describes the most prevalent zoomorphism reflecting Crimean Tatar and English picture of the world - tokens копек / dog, мышыкъ / cat, ат / horse etc. Most of the semantics of phraseological units with the component-zoonym in Crimean Tatar and English languages reflects the cognitive activity of the ethnic group and contributes to the formation of the moral-ethical world view.