Phraseology lecture 13 phraseology and phraseological units

3.2. STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS (A.I. SMIRNITSKY)

• Prof. A.I. Smirnitsky classified PUs as highly idiomatic set expressions functioning as word equivalents, and characterized by their semantic and grammatical unity. He suggested three classes of stereotyped phrases:
• traditional phrases (nice distinction, rough sketch;
• phraseological combinations (to fall in love, to get up);
• idioms (to wash one’s dirty linen in public);

The second group (phraseological combinations) fall into two subgroups:

• The second group (phraseological combinations) fall into two subgroups:
• one-top phraseological units, which were compared with derived words;
• verb-adverb PUs of the type to give up, e.g. to bring up, to try out, to look up, to drop in, etc.
• PUs of the type to be tired, e.g. to be surprised, to be up to, etc.
• Prepositional substantative units, e.g. by heart.