On the issue of stylistic device of double actualization of the phraseological units meaning with a zoonym component in the English and American fiction texts of the XXth century

Novikova O.

The article is devoted to the analysis of double actualization as an effective device of structural and semantic transformations of animal phraseological units in the English-language fiction of the XXth century. The relevance of the work is determined by the need to study contextual modifications of phraseological units with a zoonym component which lead to creating some new semantic shades and new artistic quality. The examples of productive stylistic occasional transformation techniques of the language units in question demonstrate the ability to perform their pragmatic function. The author underlines the fact that animal idioms act in literary texts as intensifiers of purposeful influence on the addressee. The role of double actualization in creating a humorous effect is considered.

Keywords:double actualization, phraseological units, component-zoonym, English language literature of the XXth century, structural-semantic transformations, pragmatic effect, expressiveness.