THE ALGORITHM FOR THE RESEARCH OF AMERICAN PHRASEOLOGISMS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE XXI CENTURY

Abstract

The article defines the stages of analysis of American phraseology, which begins with primary visual analysis. The initial analysis of English phraseological units should be visual and/or associative. There is an analysis or a comparison at first glance of which words are used in the phraseology of archaisms, innovative or simply modern. Secondly, a visual assessment of the word is carried out by length, spelling (separately in two words, through a hyphen or a merger). All of the above is a superficial analysis of the word that makes the first impression. It is logical that further an in-depth analysis of phraseology is carried out. It is suggested to study them: 1) by etymology. This analysis allows us to determine the origin of American phraseology. This will provide an opportunity to understand the essence of the components of the phraseology and establish the time frame of its occurrence; 2) by well-known names and holidays. Quite often, American idioms are associated with famous holidays; 3) historical names can also be included in the names of American phraseological units. By these names, you can find out which historical names a given word or phrase is associated with; 4) customs and traditions can also be the basis of American phraseology. Based on their presence, you can analyze the values of the country, regions, and states; 5) certain phenomena that had a mass character and affected the life of mankind are also reflected in American idioms, in particular, preservation of the environment, adherence to a healthy lifestyle, COVID-19, active use of social networks to simplify the communication process (Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, etc.); 6) by the components of the word (the components of the phraseology can be assessed from which area the word is taken or the prevailing language trends can be investigated). The main trends of modern linguistics are ecology and informatization; 7) by translation (a descriptive method, tracing, is used during the translation). In order to understand the linguistic phenomena occurring in American phraseology, it is proposed to carry out phonetic, lexical, morphemic, wordforming, morphological, syntactic, orthographic, punctuation, and stylistic analysis.