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What Kind of Resource Is Language and Why Does It Matter for German Studies?
Author(s) -
Byrnes Heidi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the german quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.11
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1756-1183
pISSN - 0016-8831
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1183.2008.00004.x
Subject(s) - german , grammar , linguistics , meaning (existential) , semiotics , sociology , resource (disambiguation) , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , computer network
This article argues that, in order to flourish, German Studies must come to see language as a social semiotic resource that construes a cultural world. Pivotal for this understanding is an expanded notion of lexico grammar as the central meaning‐making dynamic for oral and written texts. This paper presents key aspects of such a textually and meaning‐oriented notion of grammar and suggests how it might inform the integrated teaching and learning of culture and language.