A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Intuition and beyond: A hierarchy of descriptive methods
Authors: Anneli Pajunen, Esa Itkonen
Editors: Aleksi Mäkilähde, Ville Leppänen, Esa Itkonen
Publisher: JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, PO BOX 36224 ,, 1020 AMSTERDAM ME, NETHERLANDS
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Studies in Language Companion Series
Book title : Normativity in Language and Linguistics
Journal name in source: NORMATIVITY IN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Journal acronym: STUD LANG C
Series title: Studies in Language Companion Series
Volume: 209
First page : 213
Last page: 234
Number of pages: 22
ISBN: 978-9-02-720399-1
eISBN: 978-9-02-726216-5
ISSN: 0165-7763
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.209.08paj
Abstract
From the methodological point of view, linguistics is not a monolith. Nor is it an arbitrary conglomerate of unrelated methods. Rather, the methods most commonly used in linguistic description constitute a definite hierarchy that is motivated both logically and temporally, namely: intuition-based research > corpus research > experimentation. The last stage is in turn divided into loose (i.e. questionnaire method) and strict (e.g. eye movement research). It is the purpose of the present article to justify this thesis in some detail.
From the methodological point of view, linguistics is not a monolith. Nor is it an arbitrary conglomerate of unrelated methods. Rather, the methods most commonly used in linguistic description constitute a definite hierarchy that is motivated both logically and temporally, namely: intuition-based research > corpus research > experimentation. The last stage is in turn divided into loose (i.e. questionnaire method) and strict (e.g. eye movement research). It is the purpose of the present article to justify this thesis in some detail.
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