TOWARDS PERCEPTUAL PHRASEOLOGY: TESTING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ASSESSMENT OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS BY STUDENTS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES The authors discuss the most important assumptions of the research project on the knowledge, reception and practical application of phraseology by representatives of various social groups of nativespeakers, as well as the results of the first stage of the research carried out among students of humanities and social sciences. The notion of “perceptual phraseology” is treated as a part of perceptual linguistics which examines how the attitudes of language users and their perception of various forms as correct or incorrect affect their language behaviour. The aim of the project is to examine: a) the perception, knowledge and ability to assess the compliance of phraseologies with the dictionary norm; b) the ability to use them in specified social situations; c) social variables determining the level of knowledge of the phraseology of the Polish language by educated social classes. In addition to the results of the analyses in the collective and individual dimension, the results of the verification of preliminary hypotheses and conclusions for the subsequent stages of the research were presented, during which focus interviews will be conducted, and other social and professional groups will also be included.