Semantic fluctuations or new concepts of integration? The example of the German integration debate of 2006–2016 Cover Image

Semantische Schwankungen oder neue Konzepte des Integrationsbegriffs? Am Beispiel der medialen Integrationsdebatte 2006–2016 in Deutschland
Semantic fluctuations or new concepts of integration? The example of the German integration debate of 2006–2016

Author(s): Izabela Kujawa
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Semantics
Published by: Instytut Germanistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: discourse analysis; integration discourse; analysis of keywords

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the integration discourse that has been present in Germany for decades with varying intensity in correlation with current political events. The key notions for this discourse are the concepts of integration, multiculturalism and assimilation, and the analysis of those concepts which is to demonstrate semantic fluctuations leading to an ultimate change in their meaning which, in turn, evidently shapes the discursive image of the world.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 169-187
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: German