Revision:

1. Give a definition of phraseology and phraseologisms (phraseological units).

2. What is the difference between phraseological units and words?

3. What makes phraseological units different from word-combinations?

4. Speak about the classification of phraseologisms after prof. Vinogradov.

5. What is ‘the level of component interdependence’? How many and which levels do you know?

6. Give an extended explanation of the notion of ‘stability of phraseological units’. Which levels of stability are there?

7. Give a definition of phraseological variants. What types of phraseological variants do you know?

8. What is structural synonymy? List all the types of structural synonyms.

9. Give a definition of a proverb.

10. Speak about genres and types of proverbs.

11. What are the main stylistic features of proverbs?

12. Give as many examples as you can of general English, Scottish and American proverbs. Make sure you know them by heart.