Linguistic Terminology in German-Language School Grammars of the Second Half of the 18th Century

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.