Semantic features of paremic units with the component "work and work activity" in English, German and Russian
This article discusses the features of the organization and functioning of paremic units with the component "work and work activity" in English, German and Russian. The interest of this study is due to the active development of international communication and interchanges, against the background of which the issue of self-determination of nations and the preservation of cultural heritage becomes relevant. Due to the fact that language is the most reliable way of transmitting information through generations, but at the same time it is the most vulnerable link in the chain of centuries, since it is highly susceptible to any kind of changes and distortions, it becomes obvious that there is a need for a detailed consideration of areas of everyday life in which separate phraseological units, containing folklore references to the past of the ethnos, are used. The article also presents data on the number of existing paremic units with the component "work and work activity" in various dictionaries of Russian, German and English, which gives an approximate idea of the situation with this area of linguistics at the present time. Thanks to the research data, it is possible to imagine the vector of phraseology development in the selected languages, based on the current trend. The basis of the work was a comparative analysis of proverbs and sayings of English, German and Russian languages, as well as immersion in the historical background of their semantic role in people's lives. In addition, emphasis is placed on both universal human qualities and national characteristics of representatives of each ethnic group, which helps to see the picture both in general and detailed.