LINGVOCULTURAL VALUE OF IDIOMS (ON THE MATERIAL OF RUSSIAN AND ARMENIAN SOMATIC IDIOMS)
The article investigates some peculiarities of Russian somatic idioms in comparison with the Armenian. In particular, it analyses the relationship of somatic idioms with national traditions and customs, with the outlook and mentality of each individual nation. In addition, speaking as a symbolic expression of culture, idioms directly involved in the storage and reproduction of its stereotypes. For the most part the somatic idioms are a universal phenomenon, but on the basis of comparative analysis also revealed nonequivalent somatic idioms. Knowledge of the cultural and national traditions embodied in somatic idioms, facilitates the process of intercultural communication.