Implementation of the Value Category “Freiheit” by the Example of Precedent Statements in the Political Media Discourse of Germany

Abstract

The category of freedom (German “Freiheit”) is one of the fundamental values of the German political culture, which is reflected in the language. Within the framework of the political media discourse, the presented value category is actualized with the help of precedent statements - an important intertextual means of the media discourse with a high functional potential, the correct interpretation of which requires a researcher to know the language and linguistic realias. The study of precedent statements has an interdisciplinary character; it combines the study of factors of both linguistic and extralinguistic nature.