چکیده:
The term " philosophy of research in applied linguistics" may be considered to cover a wide range of academically and philosophically important issues that have recently begun to capture the attention of scholars in research programs in their efforts, on the one hand, to reflect upon how they have traditionally approached their scientific practices and, on the other, to reconsider and redefine their research priorities in the light of new findings and revise their methodologies and designs in the very scope of their field. Language researcher’s personal commitments and presumptions and other issues of central importance will, definitely, influence future developments in research programs in applied linguistics and possibly result in fundamental changes in the way researchers in linguistics currently view their own work as well as research priorities in general. The research topics and approaches applied in the field of philosophy of research in applied linguistics, definitely, involve various philosophical and theoretical commitments, as well as methodological preferences and practices. In the present paper, alternative beliefs about the fundamental issues of the philosophy of research in applied linguistics and the central issues in research methodologies have been discussed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"The Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 4, Issue 2 Fall 2011 Philosophy of Research in Applied Linguistics Mohammad Ali Torabi1 Department of English, Ahar Branch, Islamic Aza d University, Ahar, Iran The term " philosophy of research in applied linguistics" may be considered to cover a wide range of academically and philosophically important issues that have recently begun to capture the attention of scholars in research programs in their efforts, on the one hand, to reflect upon how they have traditionally approached their scientific practices and, on the other, to reconsider and redefine their research priorities in the light of new findings and revise their methodologies and designs in the very scope of their field.
Characteristics of Scientific Methodology in Research Issues in Applied Linguistics The Basic Elements of Scientific Method in Resear ch Scientific method in appliedlinguistics is the systematic analysis and approach of the rational and experimental principles and processes in linguistics which must guide a scientific inquiry , or which constitute precisely the structure of the special sciences more particularly.
Generally speaking, there are several important so called ‘ scientific methods’ in specific and human sciences, among which are : a) rational methods ( used by the speculative sciences); b) axiomatic or hypothetico-deductive method ( as used by the theoretical and specially the mathematical sciences ); c) nomological or inductive method ( as used by experimental sciences ); d) descriptive method ( as used by the natural and social sciences ); e) historical method ( as used by the sciences dealing with the past ); and f) the psychological method( as used by all the sciences dealing with human behavior and development) (Klausner & Kuntz : 338-339 )."