National and Cultural Originality of English and French Phraseology and its Influence on the Development of the Mentality of the People

Abstract

Comparison of phraseological units of different languages ​​shows how much in common these languages ​​have, which, in turn, contributes to their better understanding and usage. The research material was selected by the the continuous sampling method to make a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the phraseological units in question from all the idioms found in dictionaries.  The description of the linguistic pictures of the world of the English and French people in the contrastive aspect of cultural linguistics is a demonstration of the differences between English national personality and French, and an awareness of the unity of the differences of these linguistic cultures. The scientific investigations in this field are necessary in the study of the culture of the British and French people, which will have a beneficial effect on the perception for students of linguistics universities. Nevertheless, it must be remembered that, being formed in different historical conditions, English and French phraseological units often use different images to express the same thought, which, in turn, reflect the different social structure and life of the two nations.