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IDIOMS AS A FACTOR OF INTERTEXTUALITY IN MODERN DISCOURSE (on an English material)

IDIOMS AS A FACTOR OF INTERTEXTUALITY IN MODERN DISCOURSE (on an English material)


Author:  Ryzhkina E.V.

Affiliation:  Moscow State Linguistic University

Abstract
The article is concerned with certain aspects of intertextuality characteristic of modern discourse in its cognitive interpretation. Specifically, the author looks into the properties of idioms which account for their intertextual potentialities and focuses on the way idioms participate in the formation of discourse semantics. The study is done on the material of English phraseology.

Keywords:  discourse; text; intertext; intertextuality; idiom

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