Problemoriented method requires constant attention on various languagerelated problems that arise from the development of society and science when researching language. The guiding concept in problemoriented language research is to find, probe into, and solve problems. The “problems” in the “problemoriented” method come from the demand of social and linguistic development. The starting and ending point in language research should be to solve problems.

language study; sociology; dialectology; humanities and social sciences; problemoriented