TEA TOPIC IN RHYMING SLANG

The purpose of the article is to present a linguistic and sociocultural description of units of rhyming slang that reflect the English national tradition of tea drinking. The analyzed rhymes are borrowed from dictionaries of rhyming and general slang and Internet sources, illustrative examples are taken from the works of modern English-speaking authors and dictionaries of rhyming and general slang, while the sociocultural information is taken from linguistic dictionaries and dictionaries of culture. Research methods are determined by the purpose and objectives of the study. The main method is descriptive, implemented in methods of systematization, generalization and interpretation of linguistic material. Linguistic methods include contextual analysis, definitional analysis and semantic interpretation method.