Linguistischer Fachwortschatz in der Allgemeinsprache

In everyday exchange about speaking and language, time and again specialised linguistic vocabulary is used. It is noticeable that terms relating to (the German) language are used very confidently without any obvious need for selection or further reflection. In this essay, it is investigated which terms are used to refer to domains of the use of the German language in the horizontal (space) as well as in the vertical (speech situation) and for certain styles on the basis of a sufficient amount of evidences in their contexts with special regard to the conditions of their use. These are interpreted and their relations to each other are analyzed in present-day language, supplemented by a historical dimension.