SYMBOLICAL CULTURAL CODE <i>THE TREE</i> IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Article is devoted to problems of identification of national specifics of value of language units by means of the analysis of symbolical values which are inherent in the most ancient codes of national culture. Subject of the analysis are set expressions of Russian and also the separate cultural texts containing the tree component. Set expressions (phraseological units, proverbs, steady comparisons) are chosen as subject of the analysis as these language units have long history of existence and connected with history, life, features of mentality of the Russian people. Symbolical codes of culture function in various discourses and keep in themselves the values created in ancient symbolical tradition substantially defining semantic interpretation of modern texts As a result of the analysis the author draws a conclusion about specifics and motivation of the choice of an image of a tree in the Russian set expressions.