Grundformen Sprachlicher Weltgestaltung

This paper is concerned with a basic problem of that branch of modern descriptive linguistics known as energetische Sprachbetrachtung. It sets out from the fact that among the mental faculties of man it is the task of lan- guage to prepare the way for those perceptual and mental processes which enable hirn to achieve the goals of life. Even historically language must be considered as a constant development of this inherent energy.