Phraseological Units
Across
- 2. Phraseological units that are partially motivated and contain one component used literally and the other figuratively. (12 letters)
- 3. A branch of linguistics that studies word combinations as inseparable units with specialized meanings. (11 letters)
- 4. The traditional and oldest principle for classifying phraseological units based on a particular topic. (8 letters)
- 5. A colourful and expressive word combination with a specialized meaning, often difficult to translate accurately. (2 words, 18 letters)
- 8. A term often used by western scholars when referring to a phraseological unit. (5 letters)
- 9. A characteristic of phraseological units is stability of… (7 letters)
Down
- 1. Famous Russian linguist credited with introducing the term "phraseological unit". (10 letters)
- 5. A short, familiar saying expressing popular wisdom or a moral lesson. (7 letters)
- 6. The classification of phraseological units based on the relationship between the meaning of the whole and its component parts. (8 letters)
- 7. The register, polysemy, homonymy, false friends and many others can cause this type of ambiguity in understanding and translation. (7 letters)