Interkulturelle Grammatik

The work aims to develop the concept of an intercultural grammar. To this end, a comprehensive presentation of the current state of research is provided, particularly drawing on the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt and Benjamin L. Whorf, and in light of recent findings in cultural and cognitive sciences, the theoretical framework for such a grammar is outlined. Against the backdrop of the resulting possibilities and limitations of meaningful didactic actions that incorporate cultural specifics, the categories of tense and verb gender in German and Thai are exemplarily examined to illustrate how language-culture-specific perspectives influence the use of grammatical phenomena. Based on this, the relationship between an interculturally conceived grammar and the focal points used in intercultural discourse is critically questioned.