ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS RELATED TO TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT (SEMANTIC-COGNITIVE ASPECT)

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of English phraseological units containing lexemes that denote discrete time intervals, such as second, minute, hour, day, week, month, and year. The relevance of the research lies in the need to reconsider the mechanisms of temporal conceptualization in modern English within an anthropocentric framework, as well as to distinguish between general temporal notions and specific metrological units that acquire secondary meanings in phraseology. The aim of the study is to identify and systematize the structural and semantic characteristics of such units and to reconstruct the cognitive models underlying them.

The study also examines the degree of semantic transparency of idioms, showing that it ranges from motivated expressions to fully idiomatic forms, which supports the idea of a continuum in phraseological meaning. The results have practical implications for linguistic disciplines such as theoretical grammar, lexicology, stylistics, and translation studies, contributing to a more integrated understanding of language and its conceptual foundations.