Phraseology in “The Captain’s Daughter” by Alexander Pushkin

The article is dedicated to the consideration of the peculiarities of the selection and usage of phraseology in the work of A.S. Pushkin's “The Captain's Daughter”. The study of the phraseological units of individual authors and works is a topical direction for modern phraseology and phraseography. However, a comprehensive description of idioms and set phrases in specific works by Pushkin has not been carried out yet, which determines the novelty of this study. Based on the analysis of the form, meaning, lexical and grammatical features of various types of phraseological units, it was determined that for “The Captain's Daughter” Pushkin used widely known and frequently used expressions, most of which are still relevant for
the modern Russian language. High frequency of phraseological units is recorded in the text, while the modified use of idioms is considered rare. In the identified cases of transformation, Pushkin uses the most famous and simple methods of transformation that are understandable to the reader. At the same time, the text widely presents the basic lexico-grammatical categories of Russian phraseology and types of variation of the form of idioms, as well as introduces units with different stylistic features. The analyzed material shows that in the selection and use of phraseology Pushkin was guided by the desire not only to show the richness of the Russian language, but also to make the text accessible and clear, avoiding phraseology that is too complex or incomprehensible to the reader.