THE CLASSIFICATION AND BASIC FEATURES OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS: EXPRESSING ‘’WEALTH’’ IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

Abstract

One of the topical issues of modern linguistics is the study of certain concepts. The result of this language experience are also paremias, which are an important element of folk culture. Folk culture in its turn has a linguistic expression.
Interest in studying this issue is due to the fact that modern scholars have recently repeatedly turned to the question of the connection between the language, thinking and spiritual culture of a person. The concept of "wealth" is one of the key concepts
of understanding the world of peoples. Since in our time it is a certain measure of happiness. In this regard, this article analyzes the concept of "wealth" in the proverbial picture of the world of the English and Russian people. It is the proverbial
picture of the world that is the basis of linguistic consciousness. Since with the help of proverbs it is possible to determine common and different traits in comprehending the world by different peoples, to show the representation of this world in proverbs, and to compare the manifested mentality of the people in proverbs.