REPRESENTATION OF THE MEDICAL-LINGUISTIC CONCEPT IMPFUNG (VACCINATION) IN THE DISCOURSE OF COVID ANTI-PROVERBS

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of structural and content modeling and peculiarities of linguistic representation of the IMPFUNG (VACCINATION) concept observed in the discourse of modern German COVID anti-proverbs. The objective of the article is the cognitive representation of the ethno-semantic structure of the concept of vaccina- tion against COVID-19 taking into account the linguistic markers forming this concept in the texts of German COVID anti-proverbs created during the emergence of a new coronavirus infection and constant mutation of its strains. The associative field of the named concept, represented by means of different language levels with the core, near-core zone, near and far peripheries is established. The grounds that allow us to consider the medical concept of vaccination as a popular scientific concept with national specificity that contributes to the dissemination of scientific knowledge among the general public are described. The authors conclude that the purposes of representation of the concept IMPFUNG, in addition to the means of colloquial speech and vivid stylistic figures, are largely served by medical terms and professional medical jargonisms, that communicating knowledge in the field of prevention of disease and COVID-19-related complications.