strukturmessige

Strukturmessige is an adjective used in German-language scholarship to describe properties, criteria, or approaches that are based on the structure of a system or are measured by structural features. The term combines Struktur (structure) and -messig (related to measurement or assessment) and is typically employed when the analysis foregrounds the arrangement, organization, or relations within a whole rather than its content, function, or meaning.

Applications of strukturmessige reasoning occur across disciplines. In linguistics, strukturmessige Merkmale refer to syntactic or hierarchical features such as word order, dependency relations, or constituency structure that are used to characterize language data. In network analysis or systems science, strukturmessige Kennwerte denote metrics derived from the topology of a graph or system, such as path lengths, connectivity, or motif distributions. In architecture, design, or signal processing, the term can point to criteria grounded in the form or arrangement of components rather than their semantic attributes.

The expression is not standardized as a strict technical term; rather, it functions as a descriptive label indicating that a given assessment or measurement is anchored in structural properties. It often requires explicit definitions of what counts as “structure” and how it is operationalized in a study. Strukturmessig descriptions thus sit between purely structural analysis and content- or function-based evaluation, sharing elements with related notions such as structural analysis, structural features, or morphosyntactic characteristics, but carrying a distinct emphasis on structure-driven assessment.

See also: Struktur, Strukturmessung, Strukturalismus.