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on the homepage of the Department of German Linguistics / System-Oriented Linguistics at the Institute of German Studies at the University of Kassel.
Behind the martial name 'system-oriented linguistics' lies the peaceful field of work of a functional grammar (theory and practice) with a medial, cultural, social, language-typological and language-historical and strictly text-related understanding of grammar. In this context, considerations
- on the structure-shaping role of orality and writtenness,
- on the relevance of linguistic-historical developments in describing and explaining contemporary German structures,
- on the contribution of grammatical structures or patterns to the interpretation of literary texts, and - on the contribution of grammatical structures or patterns to the interpretation of literary texts, are central.
- generally on the concept of grammatical text analysis, a top-down approach to German grammar, including a revision of the doctrine of sentence elements
in the center.