The material features of the Russian concept вежливость (politeness) and the German concept Hoflichkeit (politeness)

The article examines the material features of the Russian concept Вежливость (politeness) and the German concept Hoflichkeit (politeness). These features made it possible to mark out the group of figurative features of the concept under consideration which is important in relation to the process of verbalization. Material features of politeness are focal for both Russian and German linguistic consciousness, which can be demonstrated by a large number of variations of language expressions. A lot of discovered material features are national specific.