Integrationism

This article is about the approach developed by Roy Harris. For the approach based on Hans-Heinrich Lieb's work, see Integrational linguistics. For the political ideology, see Integralism.

Integrationism (also known as integrational linguistics) is an approach in the theory of communication that emphasizes innovative participation by communicators within contexts and rejects rule-based models of language. It was developed by a group of linguists at the University of Oxford during the 1980s, notably Roy Harris.

The International Association for the Integrational Study of Language and Communication was founded in 1998 and has members in more than twenty-five countries around the world.[1]

  1. ^ IAISLC.