UNITS HAVING NATIONAL-CULTURAL SPECIFICS: RUSSIAN TEA PARTY AND CHINESE TEA CEREMONY

By the example of lexemes "tea party" and "tea ceremony" one of the theme groups of linguocultural units ? "units possessing national and cultural specifics" is considered in the article. By means of questioning in which informants from Russia and China were offered to answer questions of rather possible associations, understanding and use of the discussed lexemes, it was succeeded to reveal national and cultural specifics. In addition, the question of need of studying cultural background of linguocultural units by foreigners is designated in the article.