Protestant literature is of interest to us both as a procedure and an achievement. In modern times, the procedure might serve as model for behaviourin similar situations, while the achievement is the foundation for further work and a warning of the difficulty and complexity of searching for the best solution. The vocabulary that was used for certain technical phenomena will be examined, as well as texts that can be labelled as technical. Analysis will be restricted to the most fruitful and most characteristic fields and the most characteristic texts. With regard to technical terminology, the actual terminology in use will be catalogued and the changes within it, which was lively even at the time of the Protestants. Most attention will be devoted to the main developmental tendencies. Through an analysis of later developments, it will be demonstrated how the Protestant example influenced later technical writers and how Protestant achievements served the further development of technical terminology. Within texts, attention will be drawn to solutions that are characteristic of technical texts in a different way from other genres. Particular attention will be paid to word combinations, the compound clause, the subordinate clause, coordination and the sentence.
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