Kovalenko N. Phraseology in dialectal language: areal variation and functioning.

In the dissertation the peculiarities of areal distribution and variation of phraseological units of Ukrainian dialect language by their spatial-semantic analysis taking into account functional features and changes of component composition, contextual possibilities of phrasemes have been researched. In order to achieve detail in the studying of the phrasemics of dialects, individual linguistic phenomena, textual recordings of material and records for various questionnaires have been applied. It has been proved that in the texts of dialectal language the activation of all potential possibilities of a phraseological unit, which proves its versatility, as well as the production of new semantic nuances in order to attract the listener's attention can be observed. Different meanings of the same components, semantic differences within speech groups of dialects, the presence of areal correlations, when the territory of the phraseme and its component coincide, have been revealed. The role of phrases as signs of language in coherent texts of oral speech has been clarified, which is complicated by the contradictory nature of these units, the interaction of many factors in the process of their creation, as well as the peculiarities of motivations. In dialect phraseology we observe different meanings of the same components, semantic differences within groups of dialects, the presence of areal correlations, when the territory of the phrase and its component coincide. It has been proved that lexical units that have become obsolete and are unknown to dialect speakers can be recorded in phraseology. Preliminary analysis confirms the idea of the presence of spatial correlations, with the involvement of a larger empirical basis of Ukrainian dialectology, the areal description can be clarified and supplemented.