Phraseological Units with Proper Nouns in the English Language: Etymological Review

Abstract

The article provides an analysis of the etymology of phraseological units with proper nouns in the English language. A proper noun as a component of a phraseological unit is one of the representatives of culture and performs the function of storing and transmitting traditions, history, and culture of people, that is why it is a special linguistic sign. From the perspective of the nature of their genesis, the phraseological units in this article are classified into deterministic and indeterministic phraseological units. Etymological and semantic analyses conducted in this article indicate that proper names in phraseological units have historical, literary, and cultural associations.