WAYS TO CONCEPTUALIZE GERMAN-LANGUAGE CONFLICT DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the conceptual picture of the German-speaking intercultural reality in the virtual space and the categorization processes that occur during the confrontation between the indigenous population and foreigners, as well as the identification of concepts that are objectified in the German-speaking conflict discourse within the framework of virtual communication and the peculiarities of their verbalization. A theoretical review of modern approaches to the study of actualization of the conceptual system of individuals in linguistic reality in an intercultural context is carried out. The processes of categorization and conceptualization of discursive space on the basis of categorical, structural or metaphorical actualization of concepts of intercultural reality are considered. The author concludes that the division of society into “our own – good” and “others – bad”, which occurs in the process of categorization, indicates the need of subjects of conflict discourse for self-affirmation and the search for support from the group of “friends”, which the subject constructs around himself.