Open AccessMethodology in language research: a sailing between Scylla and Charybdis
Author(s) -
Dorthe Duncker
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
fórum lingüístico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1984-8412
pISSN - 1415-8698
DOI - 10.5007/1984-8412.2022.e84043
Subject(s) - linguistics , applied linguistics , theoretical linguistics , empirical research , epistemology , sociology , linguistic description , philosophy
Unlike most linguistic theories, integrational linguistics does not include a methodology for linguistic inquiry. Integrationists are critical of the methodologies and assumptions of modern linguistics and find the notion of linguistic data highly problematic. For this, integrationists have taken a lot of heat from researchers from data-driven research traditions who ask for a methodological alternative and find the lack of empirical integrational research frustrating. In this essay, I consider some of the background for the integrational critique of linguistic methodologies and discuss how to address the difficulties pertaining to linguistic data. I conclude with an empirical example to illustrate the problems as well as their possible solution.