IDIOMS AS A DISTINCT CATEGORY IN PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS CLASSIFICATION

Abstract

The article examines the concept of phraseology and the classification of phraseological units with particular attention to the phenomenon of idioms. Drawing on the works of leading scholars such as A.V. Kunin, V.V. Vinogradov, N.M. Shansky, A.I. Smirnitsky, N.N. Amosova, and others, the study traces the development of the term phraseology and analyzes various approaches to categorizing phraseological units. Special emphasis is placed on idioms as a distinct type of phraseological unit characterized by semantic indivisibility, stability, imagery, and stylistic coloring.