Due to constant development in scientific world, medical students should have at least pre intermediate level (B1) of English. It is important because the vast majority of published scientific researches, articles, brand-new textbooks and news are mostly in English and to prevent misunderstanding and missing valuable pieces of data medical students should know English. Moreover, having a certificate of language skills (such as IELTS, CEFR, TOEFL) is relevant in terms of attending in international conferences, internships and postgraduate studies.
In this article we try to explore the fundamental branch of linguistics that delves into the intricate structure of speech sounds, syllables, stress patterns, and intonation within a language. Phonetics is unique among linguistic disciplines as it not only investigates the linguistic function but also delves into the physical aspects of speech production, including the workings of the pronunciation apparatus and the acoustic properties of sound phenomena, as well as their interpretation by native speakers. Unlike non-linguistic fields, phonetics regards sound phenomena as integral components of a language system, essential for the transformation of words and sentences into audible forms crucial for communication. Phonetics considers both the acoustic-articulatory and functional-linguistic aspects of the sound system, thus distinguishing between phonetics proper and phonology. In essence, phonetics serves as a bridge between the abstract structures of language and their tangible manifestation in speech. It analyzes how sounds are produced by the human vocal tract, how they are perceived by listeners, and how they contribute to the overall meaning and communication process.
This work is devoted to the study means of phraseological representation of emotive concepts in Russian and English on the example of concept «гордость-«pride» The relevance of this study is due to the fact that the work was carried out within the framework of cognitive phraseology, a modern direction linguistics, and is aimed at studying the problem of the relationship of linguistic units and cognitive
structures of knowledge representation in the aspect phraseological conceptualization of the selected
emotions. Phraseological units contain in its semantics, the stages of the formation of the culture of the people, thereby determining and conveying long-term national attitudes, stereotypes, ideals, established in
the phraseological system of the language, which speaks of worldview, traditions and cultural and national
experience of carrier’s language