Cognitive features of figurative lexical units formed syntactically in different system languages

Abstract

In modern linguistics, lexical units formed syntactically are traditionally divided into two
parts: idiomatic and non-idiomatic complex lexical units. Most of the complex lexical units created
syntactically in our language have a figurative meaning. Although verbs are in the first place among
the complex lexical units of figurative meaning, figurative lexical units are also very common
among other parts of speech. In the comparative English and Azerbaijani languages, the cognitive
features are more pronounced in the figurative lexical units created by the syntactic method. There
is a significant difference between the sum of the meanings of syntactically formed lexical
components and the meaning inherent in that complex lexical unit, or rather, the meaning of these
compound words becomes abstract and moves away from the concrete meaning of its components.
Like the history of the people, the way of life, customs and traditions are reflected in the language,
which also plays a role in determining the cognitive properties of the word. Although the
components of syntactic lexical units formed syntactically in English and Azerbaijani languages
have completely different meanings, together they express a new semantics and are directly related
to the culture and traditions of the people.