grammatikkgrammatik

Grammatikkgrammatik is a term used in some linguistic and educational contexts to refer to the meta-level study of grammar—the analysis of how grammatical descriptions are constructed and organized. The word blends grammatikk (grammar, in several Scandinavian languages) with grammatikk/grammatik to signal a focus on grammar about grammar. The exact meaning is not standardized and varies among scholars and schools of thought.

Core concerns include how grammars are described and organized, the criteria used to describe grammatical categories, and the notation systems employed to represent relations inside phrases and sentences. It engages with methodological questions such as the balance between descriptive and prescriptive aims, and the influence of theoretical frameworks (generative, functional, cognitive) on how phenomena like tense, agreement, word order, and argument structure are documented. Cross-linguistic data organization and the comparability of grammatical descriptions across languages are also central topics.

In educational settings, grammatikkgrammatik-related work can inform the design of teaching grammars, reference resources, and error-analysis practices. In research, it intersects with meta-grammar, grammar theory, corpus-based description, and typology, as scholars compare how different grammars describe the same linguistic phenomena. Because the term is not universally standardized, many writers use related terms such as meta-grammar, grammar theory, or grammar description to convey similar ideas.

See also: meta-grammar, descriptive grammar, prescriptive grammar, grammar theory, grammar description.