LINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE LEXICAL-THEMATIC GROUP “HOLIDAY” IN RUSSIAN IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE

Abstract

The paper presents a linguistic and sociocultural analysis of the lexical-thematic group “Holiday” in Russian in comparison with a similar thematic group of the Chinese language. The authors reconstruct the composition of this group and reveal the national-cultural originality of its verbalization in Russian and Chinese. The sources of language material are Russian and Chinese dictionaries, as well as reference books, encyclopedias and textbooks. The results of the study show that many elements of the lexical-thematic group “Holiday” of the Russian have correspondences in the Chinese, since many holidays (New Year, International Women’s Day, Labor Day) are common to two cultures that mutually influence each other. However, there are also sociocultural differences due to both traditions and modern living conditions of Russians and Chinese, as a result of which some public holidays coincide in the name and date of the celebration, but differ in the traditions of the celebration, festive symbols and appropriate lexical units.