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Evolution of Chomsky's Transformational Grammar
In his early plastic age, the child presents an asymmetrical growth in what concerns his motor system, when compared with his cognitive system. The latter seems to be far ahead of the former. It consists of many sub-systems; the most outstanding of which being language. TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR has been striving for more than half a century to try and deal with this phenomenon. It has evolved from a model of rules to a model of principles, to end up with the Minimalist Program. This book presents the successive approximations that Transformational Grammar has gone through since its early insemination in1957 up to the Minimalist Program. After which, there is a critical chapter called "Occam's Razor". Finally, there is a chapter on "Logical Form" and an appendix that deals with the major transformations of early transformational grammar.
American linguistics
THIS BOOK is an overview of American linguistics ever since its earliest beginnings, with its different trends: ANTHROPOLOGY (Franz Boas), ETHNOLOGISTS (Edward Sapir), BEHAVIORISM (Leonard Bloomfield), GENERATIVISM (Noam Chomsky), COGNITIVISM (Ronald Langacker), SOCIOLINGUISTICS (William Labov), BIBLE TRANSLATORS (Kenneth Pike), and LANGUAGE UNIVERSALS (Joseph Harold Greenberg).
Generative grammar
This book is a summary of major works done on generative grammar (Standard Model). It further develops a minimalist view of linguistic interface between (universal) Logical Form and (language specific) Phonetic Form as suggested in the works of famous linguists, logicians and philosophers of the present and the past, such as Noam Chomsky, Richard Kayne, Boole, Gazdar, McCarthy, Montague, Gottlob Frege and Aristotle to mention but a few.
Words
THE BOOK This book has the optimistic goal of presenting an overview of some 2500 years of language (& culture) studies, stretching from ancient India to present day America, passing by Hebrew, Arabic, and European traditions. This is side by side with a prior definition of the major components of human language: phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and the overlap of language sciences with neighboring disciplines viz. psychology, history and philosophy. Less optimistic, John Lyons believes that advances in scientific research, have only shown us that we do not know LANGUAGE!
History of linguistics
THIS BOOK Swiss Ferdinand de Saussure is known as 'the father of modern Linguistics.' For others, the 'champion of Linguistics' came later on in the person of American Noam Chomsky. As a matter of fact, the infatuation for language goes much earlier in history. It was strongly felt under remote horizons, in the Far and Middle East, before reaching Europe and North America. This book is an attempt to give a glimpse on this long journey of language studies from different regions of the world, such as India, Iraq, Cordoba, and ancient Greece amongst others.
Sibawayhi's Apple Smell
This book is a glimpse on the encyclopedic work done on arabic grammar by persian notorious scholar sibawayhi. To put it in mazini's words: "whoever wants to write about arabic nahw after sibawayhi, let him feel deeply humble." it is simply a masterpiece.
King James Vesion
THIS BOOK "King James Version" offers a concise journey through the core principles, rich history, and diverse interpretations of Christianity. It traces the evolution of sacred texts and Christian groups, from early controversies to modern sects. With insightful glimpses into pivotal figures and moments.It is eventually meant as a dialogue between the 3 monothesitic religions.
ENGLISH: America and England
This book is an attempt to cover the history, language and culture of two most famous superpowers of the 20th and 21st centuries and evaluate their impact, glory and tribulations. Like a man's life, it has its ups and downs which can balance his human value, shared between qualities and shortcomings. This is a rather optimistic goal to try and summarize the long Anglo-Saxon history from the Stonehenge era to Donald Trump's Proud Boys' storming of the Capitol; many centuries indeed. This is in what concerns the people of these great nations. As far as their language is concerned English, it is a great language with a long history (Old, Middle and Modern). It is the language of Shakespeare.
AMERICA
THIS BOOK is a brief summary of the history and culture of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ever since the "Reds"(Native Americans) crossed the Bering Strait, represented by one of their most famous leaders GERONIMO. The second chapter is about the advent of Christianity from Europe to America and the later mashrooming of different Protestant churches. Finally, the last chapter is about the Afro-Americans as represented by Rosa Parks, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and Black Muslim spokesman Malcolm X.
Schools of Linguistics
THIS BOOK From time immemorial, language was seen as a fascinating enigma by many. It included philosophers, religious men, psychologists, politicians, and sometimes even the layman. To answer the big question "what is language?" this book opens the door to the most famous specialists over a large and long range in time and space. It starts from ancient Panini to modern structuralists and cognitivists such as Saussure Bloomfield and Chomsky.
