CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN THEIR OCCASIONAL USE

The issue is devoted to the problems of comparative studying of mental perception and cultural interpretation of phraseological units in their occasional use. Relevance of the problem stated in the article is determined by a poor investigation of the role of phraseological unit's inner form in ability to undergo any transformations. The article aims to present a comparison of imagery associations and define functions of stylistic devices in transformation of phraseological units in structurally different languages as English and Russian. The leading methods are analyses of scientific works and practice, empirical and experimental data, experimental method. The investigation observes some current questions of cultural interpretation of phraseological units in their occasional use. Current article represents some results of the research of cultural interpretation of phraseological units based on the data obtained from the experiment with native speakers of the Russian and English languages and their interpretations seen from the cultural and mental perception peculiarities of both languages speakers.