Keyword: «compound word»

The article considers the conditions of both linguistic and psychological nature promoting the formation of potential vocabulary of students in non-linguistic University. Skills in any field of human activity are formed through exercises. When preparing exercises aimed at skills formation to expand vocabulary of students of non-linguistic higher education institution, you must consider some important factors that are considered in this article.

The main models of word composition in modern French are regarded, complex words are divided into groups in terms of their forms, examples of complex lexical formations are given, the productivity of this method of word formation is proved.

The study is devoted to the identification of cognitive features of the concept Eltern («parents») in the institutional discourse of German schools of different types. It is shown that the initial scope of the concept presented in lexicographic sources expands in the discourse due to the features actualized with the help of compound words. The highlighted features correspond to the social roles that are assigned to the parents of students in German schools. A conclusion is made about the discursive transformation of the concept Eltern into the concept Eltern eines Schulkindes («parents of a schoolchild»).