Edification as means of linguistic representation of experience (based on the German language sources)

The article deals with the linguistic means of edification as the mechanism of language verbalization of the experiential knowledge. The phenomenon of edification is described as a communicative-pragmatic category that is formed in the process of language interaction for the purpose of representation and transfer of experience in terms of a speech activity. It is characterized by the specific set of linguistic means as well. The notion of experience as an existential essence, the ways of its comprehension by a person in the course of his ontological achievements presentation, his social role in the human society are considered in the paper.