Abstract. The article deals with the peculiarities of the use of linguistic terminology in
German grammatical discourse of the second half of the 18th century. The material of the
study are school grammars “Kern der Deutschen Sprachkunst” (1753) by J. Ch. Gottsched,
“Auszug aus der Deutschen Sprachlehre für Schulen” (1781) by J. Ch. Adelung
and “Russische Sprachlehre, zum Besten der deutschen Jugend eingerichtet” (1773) by J.
M. Rodde. Despite the desire of Enlightenment grammarians to create a unifi ed German
linguistic terminology, Latin continues to retain its position as the language of science in
the school environment.
Keywords: educational and scientific text, term, J. Ch. Gottsched, J. Ch. Adelung,
J. M. Rodde
