Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2116National cultural specificity of the language units «cat» and «dog» in the Russian, English and German languagesBaghanaJКафедра французского языка; Белгородский государственный университет; Belgorod State Universitybaghana@yandex.ruMikhailovaU SКафедра французского языка; Белгородский государственный университет; Belgorod State Universitymikhailova@bsu.eduBelgorod State University15022010251205092016Copyright © 2010, Baghana J., Mikhailova U.S.2010The national cultural specificity of the language units «cat» and «dog» in the Russian, English and German languages is examined in this article. The universal and national specific features of semantics of the present units in the three languages are revealed in the worknational cultural specificitylanguage unitsemanticswordlacunaenon-equivalent unitsнационально-культурная спецификаязыковая единицасемантикасловолакуныбезэквивалентные единицы