FUNCIONES DE LAS UNIDADES FRASEOLÓGICAS EN EL TEXTO NARRATIVO
FUNCTIONS OF THE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN THE NARRATIVE TEXT

Summary/Abstract: Functions of the phraseological units in the narrative text. This article aims at providing an overview of the concept of phraseological unit according to Spanish lexicologists, analyzing its key features and their implications for the textual functions in the narrative text. The practical part of the paper explores some of the stylistic-semantic functions of the phraseological units in Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novel The Shadow of the Wind, with a special emphasis on their desautomatization and their role in the depiction of the characters.

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