SEMANTICS OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS FROM FORCE DYNAMICS PERSPECTIVE: a case of English magazine discourse

SEMANTICS OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS FROM FORCE DYNAMICS PERSPECTIVE: a case of English magazine discourse

Author:  T.V. Dergun

Affiliation:  Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University

Abstract: 
In English magazine articles phraseological units represent events from the perspective of force relations portraying successful participants as Agonist, i.e. a focal force, with a tendency to motion. Negatively characterized agents are referred to as weaker Agonist with a tendency towards rest or extreme motion or Antagonist with a tendency to motion.

Keywords:  English magazine discourse, phraseological unit, Agonist, Antagonist