Features of the Concept FAMILIE Represented in the Biographical Discourse of Russian Germans

This paper describes a study conducted within the framework of modern German studies in accordance with the anthropocentric orientation of scientific paradigm. The study investigates the concept FAMILIE in the linguistic image of the world of Russian Germans living in Siberia. The contextual analysis of biographical stories of the representatives of the German ethnic community has helped us discover that the concept FAMILIE enters into complex hierarchical relationships with related concepts. Building a taxonomic model of this concept revealed its base, super- and subordinate levels and their linguistic realization

The Name of the Concept STUDENT in Russian and English Languages: on Lexicographical Material

One of the key figures in international and national education is a student. In this regard, the article examines the lexical representation of the concept STUDENT in two developed (literary) languages of our time - English and Russian. Attention focuses on the character of interpretation of the words "Student" and "student", which are going back to the same etymon, respectively, in English and Russian dictionaries. As a source of practical material the lexicographical works published in XX - XXI centuries are used. Comparative analysis of the definitions of the named keywords of the concept STUDENT reveals the difference in sememe and seme filling of the word-equivalents in English and Russian