Article outline

• 1.What is phraseology?
• 2.Importance of phraseology
• 3.Reasons for the existence of phrasemes
  • 3.1Insufficiency of available elementary signifiers
  • 3.2Preference for ready-made expressions
  • 3.3Looking for a higher expressivity
• 4.The tasks of phraseology
  • 4.1A deductive notional system for phraseology
  • 4.2Lexicographic description of phrasemes
• Notes