Abstract
The aim of the study is to determine the lexico-semantic units that form the core and periphery of the MIGRATION/МИГРАЦИЯ concept in modern German. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that, in contrast to a number of works devoted to individual components of the MIGRATION/МИГРАЦИЯ concept, a comprehensive analysis was carried out, which made it possible to determine that the core of the MIGRATION concept is the MIGRANT concept; to designate it about twenty lexical units with different connotations and nuances of meanings were used, many of them have significant derivational potential and wide valence. The obtained units were divided according to the frequency of their use basing on the digital dictionary of the German language of the ХХ century DWDS. An online survey of native speakers was also conducted to determine the perception of the selected units. As a result, it was proved that the key one among them is the lexeme Flüchtling (refugee), which is widely used in the language and has great word-formative potential. The analysis also showed that modern German society is dominated by a tolerant attitude towards migrants, primarily due to the media, which form a positive/neutral image of immigrants from other countries.
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