Kritik, Kritisieren vs. Rezensieren aus der Perspektive eines Sprachwissenschaftlers

By analysing the meaning and the use of terms criticism and review criticizing and reviewing theauthor discusses similarities and di erences between the notions mentioned in the title. Starting with the sense of the verb to criticize the emphasis is placed on the di erence between lite- rary criticism and criticizing as the negatively assessing speech act. Taking into account linguistic means used in critical texts, the author discusses types of review and their constitutive features, and de nes reviewing as linguistic activity. An attempt is also made at answering the question whether considering the critic and criticisms to be dead is not premature.