Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft um 2020
Wo steht die germanistische Sprachwissenschaft am Ende der beiden ersten Jahrzehnte des 21. Jahrhunderts? Welches sind die Themen, die in den letzten Jahren für die Linguistik von besonderer Bedeutung waren? Welche Themen werden in den kommenden Jahren wichtig? Wie manifestieren sich die neuen technischen Möglichkeiten in der Erforschung des Deutschen? Die Reihe bietet eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme derjenigen Felder der germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft, die im Kontext der Arbeiten des Leibniz-Instituts für Deutsche Sprache von besonderer Bedeutung sind.
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Modern research in linguistics is increasingly reliant on digital infrastructure and information systems. This development began at the turn of the millennium and has since accelerated. The volume examines national and European infrastructure networks and the range of language resources in German linguistics that can be discovered, disclosed, and re-applied through digital infrastructure.
The study examines the concept of patterned language usage in scientific texts and, based on a data-led corpus analysis, describes scientific style at a formal and pragmatic level. With theoretical grounding in multiple linguistic sub-disciplines, the book makes a major contribution to text-type research, the discussion of standards, and to the study of writing.
The description and analysis of language variation has taken on increased importance in German linguistics in recent years. This volume reviews different approaches, including research on attitudes and on language contact, in order to explore how variations can be understood in terms of speakers’ different normative perspectives and as a product of identity constructions.
The volume surveys the current state of research on the communicative use of language, its role in interaction, and relationship to culture. The essays present the theoretical foundation and historical development of each research area, illustrated with empirical findings, and propose future directions for linguistics research.
Our traditional understanding of the lexicon has been changed by recent attention to the demarcation between grammar and the lexicon, increased attention to the phenomena of variance, the observation of quantitative divisions between lexical phenomena in large text corpora, and the development of Internet lexicographic formats. The volume explores the phenomena shaping these changes in order to describe current lexicological theory and practice.
The volume takes stock of grammatical theory and empiricism in Germanic linguistics, presenting critical discussions of issues related to paradigms, methods, and objectives. The essays cover themes such as descriptive completeness and grammatical modeling that have shaped recent discourse in the field. They also shed light on lacunae, thus opening up new research perspectives in the discipline.
