AUTHOR=D’Alessandro Roberta , van Oostendorp Marc 

TITLE=On the Diversity of Linguistic Data and the Integration of the Language Sciences

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2017

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02002

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02002

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=An integrated science of language is usually advocated as a step forward for linguistic research. In this paper, we maintain that such an integration is premature, and cannot take place before we 14 identify a common object of study. We advocate instead a science of language that is inherently multi-faceted, and takes into account the different viewpoints as well as the different definitions of  the object of study. We also advocate the use of different data sources, which, if non contradicting, can bring more solid evidence for linguistic analysis. Last, we argue that generative grammar is an important tile in the puzzle.