About the issue of analyzing two concepts

Abstract

During the pandemic it turned out once again that European and worldwide cooperation is very important. The virus partially robbed the mankind of their basic rights, as well as peace of mind and security. In this situation, the geopolitical positioning of the EU is meaningful. It would be desirable if Europe acted as a mediator between West and East despite internal challenges. How the EU develops is particularly important for those countries that are on the European periphery and are striving to join the European community. This transformation process can be successfully mastered through education and future opportunities. The European role in the German-speaking discourse is analyzed using the qualitative and quantitative method. The data of the OWIDplusLIVE and DWDS corpora are alike. The DWDS corpus contains a wide range of adjectives that describe the concepts of Europe and solidarity in a more varied way. It is noteworthy that Europe is always referred to positively. According to the contextual analysis, it turned out that solidarity has been used more frequently in connection with the pandemic situation. Due to the differentiated analysis of Solidarity / Europe in the context of parties, it was found that people’s parties are increasingly using these concepts. It must also be mentioned here that individual challenges of the corpora can be overcome through complex approach. Deeper insights into topic-related statements and their explanation from the perspective of the overall social context in a contrastive comparison can open up a new, interesting analytical perspective.