A structure of the frame "positive image of German politicians" (based on the German parliamentary discourse)

The article deals with a slot structure of the frame POSITIVE IMAGE OF POLITICIANS in the German political discourse identified by means of cognitive modeling method. We analyze a comprehensive framework of speeches of the German Bundestag`s deputies and identify slots which are compulsory for the presentation of a politician as a successful public figure that, therefore, is worth being reelected in the parliament having enlisted the support of most voters. We also describe in this article concrete terminals by which means a positive image of German politicians is being realized.