Лексикология английского языка

1) First of all, the subdivision into phraseological units (as non-idiomatic units) and idioms contradicts the leading criterion of a phraseological unit suggested by Pr. Smirnitsky: it should be idiomatic.

2) Pr.Koonin also objects to the inclusion of such word-groups as black art, first night in phraseology as all these word-groups are not characterized by a transferred meaning.

3) It is also pointed out that verbs with post-positions (e.g. give up) are included in classification but their status as phraseological units is not supported by any convincing argument.

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