Ilze Oļehnoviča Daugavpils University, Latvia PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN BRITISH AND LATVIAN NEWSPAPERS – TYPES OF USE

The article discusses the types of use of phraseological units in the discourse of British and Latvian newspapers, namely core use and instantial stylistic use of phraseological units. The background of the research of this kind is discussed with special attention being paid to the contribution to this field of phraseological studies of two scholars – Anita Naciscione and Andreas Langlotz. Various patterns of core use (number, tense, mood variations, the use of diminutive, substitution of variable components, etc.) and instantial stylistic use (insertion, replacement, omission, addition, metathesis, periphrasis, allusion, extended metaphor, dual actualization, cleft use, etc.) of phraseological units in discourse are discussed and illustrated with the help of examples of their use elicited from British and Latvian newspapers: The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sun, Latvijas Avīze, Izglītība and Kultūra, Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze. The focus of attention is on the semantics of phraseological units, i.e. on the influence of the discoursal use on idiomatic meaning of phraseological units, patterns of instantial stylistic use being those which are frequently used to not only convey information, but also to show the author’s or the society’s attitude to the events described.