On the Emotive-Evaluative Meaning of Phraseological Units

Abstract

The article examines certain issues related to the emotive-evaluative meaning of phraseological units. Phraseological units contain referential, denotational, connotational sememes. Expressiveness and emotiveness which are often accompanied by evaluation are constituents of connotational meaning. Phraseological units can be of two types – of neutral evaluation and of emotive evaluation. Apart from expressiveness, phraseological units are also endowed by emotive shades, i.e. various nuances expressing the subjective attitude of the speaker/writer. While the element of evaluation in emotive phrases can be explicit, the emotive-evaluative meaning of expressive phraseologisms is inherent and can be realized only in the context.