Abstract
With the language constellation of Norwegian/German, a methodology is developed to analyse features of linguistic interference within a given material (e.g. a continuous reading sample). Every particular text segment is given a pattern of binary traits, defined in terms of the present problem, so as to point out and to specify the points of interference. These patterns of traits are checked by means of a listening test, i.e. in a communicative situation. As shown by the statistical treatment of the results, the following conclusions are drawn. No particular trait alone does give a sufficient prediction of interference, whereby such effects are indicated by certain selective combinations of characteristics. This concept is further confirmed by analyses of speaker reliability and correlative connections of the traits.