Author(s)

Xixi Ma, Lianghong Hui, Yuhan Chen

School of Foreign Studies, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China.

The debate about whether linguistics is a science or arts has lasted for quite long time. We argue that the interdisciplinary nature of linguistics is an appropriate answer based on the exploration of the study scopes of major branches in linguistics, such as computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, social linguistics etc. Besides, the analysis of research methods used by major linguists also proof our argument. In the end, we conclude that the interdisciplinary nature of linguistics is more suitable.

The Nature of Linguistics, Science, Arts, Interdiscipline, Branches of Lingustics, Research Methods

Ma, X. , Hui, L. and Chen, Y. (2023) The Interdisciplinary Nature of Linguistics. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 11, 132-137. doi: 10.4236/jss.2023.113009.