Representation of phraseological units with a zoonym component in the German and English linguistic views of the world

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Representation of phraseological units with a zoonym component in 
the German and English linguistic views of the world 
Revista Publicando, 4 No 12. (1). 2017, 477-486. ISSN 1390-9304 
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Articulo recibido: 05-11-2017 
Aprobación definitiva: 05-12-2017 
Representation of phraseological units with a zoonym component in the German 
and English linguistic views of the world 
Elena V. Varlamova
1
, Alina E. Rakhimova
2
, Anna S. Shingareva
3 
1 Kazan Federal University, Institute of Philology and Intercultural 
Communication, [e-mail] 
2 Kazan Federal University, Institute of Philology and Intercultural 
Communication [e-mail] 
3 Lomonosov Moscow State University 
ABSTRACT 
Phraseological units with a zoonym component are the focus of the given scientific 
research. The relevance of this study arouses little doubt, since zoo-phraseologisms are 
widely used among native speakers, but a person for whom German and English are 
foreign languages uses these units in his speech extremely rarely, as they are difficult to 
perceive, and their misuse can lead to failures in intercultural communication. In addition, 
this layer of language is considered not fully explored. In this regard, it is necessary to 
conduct a more detailed study considering phraseological units with zoonims, the attempt 
is presented in the following article. 
The material of our research is the data of phraseological dictionaries of the German and 
English languages, stylistic and explanatory dictionaries, collections of commonly used 
proverbs in German and English. 
As methods of research, discursive analysis, functional analysis, various methods of 
descriptive and comparative method have served. 
The practical and theoretical significance of our research work is that the results of the 
study can be applied in the study of a foreign language for understanding the culture of 
native speakers.