Gli universali fraseologici nelle lingue naturali

This article examines the concept of phraseological universals, understood as shared features of phraseological units (PUs) that reoccur across different languages. The analysis foregrounds the structural and functional similarities among PUs, supported by examples drawn from Italian, French, English, Polish, Turkish, and Korean. The phraseological universals addressed in this study encompass several phenomena: the coexistence of transparency and opacity within PUs, the systematic classification of PUs, the capacity for modification of otherwise fixed expressions, the notably high frequency of phraseological components within certain semantic fields, the occurrence of mono-collocational elements, the universality of sources from which PUs originate, their role as repositories of cultural and cognitive stereotypes, the presence of reciprocal relational patterns among PUs, and the convergence of their functional roles across languages.