SOME TRENDS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF LEXICAL PHRASEOLOGICAL ALTERNANTS IN WRITTEN SPEECH (ON MATERIAL OF MODERN GERMAN)

The functioning features of phraseological lexical alternants in modern German on material of the German press and journalism are regarded in the present article. The study is directed on identification of trends in change of number of lexical phraseological alternants due to obsolescence or irrelevance of the varied lexical component for German native speakers. The study in this direction allows to reveal contextual manifestation specifics of phraseological units of the considered group.