Keyword: «concept actualizer»

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»).