Функциональная роль числительных в английских фразеологических единицах

Veronika Dubrovskaya

Abstract


The present paper deals with a challenging problem of the symbolic role of numerals in English phraseological units. Many numerals not only state the number of objects, but possess an archaic meaning which they had many centuries ago when ancient people considered numerals to be sacred. In this article, 7 «cognitive scenes» and 11 phraseological frames are distinguished and described.

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Published by Eurasia Academic Publishers