ABSTRACT
Linguistic theory developed by H.H.Lieb that is based on the following premises. (a) Integrative aspect: grammars of individual languages and the terms for their description (such as syntactic unit, syntactic structure, constituent structure, morphological marking categories, etc.) are to be defined as integrative elements of a general language theory. (b) The object of study in integrational linguistics are homogeneous idiolects as individual means of communication; sets of idiolects yield linguistic varieties such as dialects, sociolects, or individual languages such as English or German. (c) The syntacto-semantic interpretation begins with structures close to the surface (in contrast to transformational grammar); it is thus also termed surface syntax. (d) The syntactic description is based mainly on the traditional syntactic relations of the surface structure, such as subject, object, etc., as well as on the three most important syntactic means of relations of order, morphological marking and sentence intonation.
