Features of the Integrative Approach in Modern Linguistic Studies : A Theoretical Approach

Abstract

     The present paper traces the features of the integrative approach in the light of the  methodologies and theories of modern linguistics. Many fields of study have utilized the concept of integration such as phi losophy, psychology, economics, language teaching methods and modern literary criticism in order to arrive at the most accurate and comprehensive results.

     The theoretical approach  seeks demonstrating the features and dimensions  of the methodology of modern linguistic studies starting with  De Saussure's ideas  and then the  subsequent developments. The concept of integration has an active presence in the methodological foundation of modern linguistics having  different images and dimensions. One of its features is the integration between the methodologies of modern linguistic studies on one hand and between its linguistic levels on the other hand; in the integrative relationship between the linguistic theory and its applications on one hand, and the relationship between linguistics and other fields of study on the other hand.. In addition to this is the linguistic school's quest to achieve methodological integration in its theories overcoming the deficiency in the previous theories by revision and development , and  by adding to or correcting  them..