Subjektive Adjektive. Zur Semantik von fremd

Abstract

The present essay is to be understood as a contribution to a Linguistik des Sprechens in the sense of Coseriu as well as a contribution to a linguistique du discours in the sense of Benveniste. After a description of the varieties of meaning of the adjective fremd and their interrelations the author focuses on particular problems connected with the semantics of adjectives. The essay maintains the idea that several problems which have been discussed separately so far can be dealt with in a more appropriate and efficient way by considering adjectives as a part of speech under the aspect of the subjectivity of language.