Overview

This book deals with the need to rethink the aims and methods of contemporary linguistics. Orthodox linguists'' discussions of linguistic form fail to exemplify how language users become language makers.

Solution and Approach

Integrationist theory is used here as a solution to this basic problem within general linguistics.

Intended Audience

The book is aimed at an interdisciplinary readership, comprising those engaged in study, teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences, including linguistics, philosophy, sociology and psychology.