The representation of the linguo-cultural type «immigrant» in French and Russian media discourses

The article represents the results of the research of the linguo-cultural type “immigrant” in French and Russian media discourses. The study of the characteristics of the immigrant typified person in the light of language consciousness of the bearers of French and Russian linguo-cultures is carried out within the framework of a relatively new area of linguo-culturology – the theory of linguo-cultural types. Since the linguo-cultural type is a kind of concept, it has been studied in various aspects: definition-based, perceptual and imaginative and value-based. The comparative analysis of the English and French media discourses has revealed their common tendency towards exclusion and segregation of «the alien».