The volume contains 20 articles by Vladimir Admoni (1909-1993) from the period up to and including 1975, hitherto only available in Russian. The selection represents an enlightening complement to the scholar's publications in German, notably for the light they shed on the gradual evolution of a holistic view of the specifics of German language structure, both from a historical and a present-day vantage. In so doing, they reveal both the originality of Admoni's approach and its roots in his profound reflection on universal issues connected with language theory and methodology.