Features of Representation of the Key Concepts of Socio-Political Discourse in the «Leichte Sprache» Format on the Websites of German Authorities

The article discusses features of the phenomenon of easy-to-read German (Leichte Sprache) as an element of a barrier-free environment and an instrument of access to socially important information for people experiencing difficulties in perceiving written texts; the concepts of «simple» and «easy language» (easy-to-read German, Leichte Sprache) are distinguished, the rules of «easy language» are analyzed on the example of texts of the websites of federal authorities of Germany. The study of lexico-grammatical, syntactic features of texts allowed the author to make conclusions about the effectiveness of the rules of this format of the German language.