Phraseology lecture 13 phraseology and phraseological units

4. Emotive macrocomponent is the contents of subjective modality expressing feeling-relation to what is denoted by a PU within the range of approval/disapproval, e.g.

• 4. Emotive macrocomponent is the contents of subjective modality expressing feeling-relation to what is denoted by a PU within the range of approval/disapproval, e.g.
• a leading light in something – ‘a person who is important in a particular group’ (approval),
• to lead a cat and dog life – ‘used to describe a husband and wife who quarrel furiously with each other most of the time’ (disapproval).