This paper examines stylistic gradation of phraseological units of the lexical-phraseological field “Intellectual activity”. It investigates functional-stylistic and expressive-stylistic characteristics of phraseological units in order to develop a more coherent system of stylistic labels. Certain groups of stylistic labels are highlighted in accordance with their belonging to a particular style, stylistic colouring and local-temporal features. It is proved that the developed system of stylistic labels allows to define the features of phraseological units functioning in different discursive situations.

the functional-stylistic characteristic, the expressive-stylistic characteristic, phraseological units, intellectual activity, lexical-phraseological field, vocabulary labels, phraseography, the English language

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