Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Shahriar Hormozi
Abstract
This article aims to review the book Noam Chomsky: nature and language, edited by Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi. Despite all the ups and downs during the past seven decades, generative grammar is still recognized as the dominant language studies approach, particularly in North America. In the course ...
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This article aims to review the book Noam Chomsky: nature and language, edited by Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi. Despite all the ups and downs during the past seven decades, generative grammar is still recognized as the dominant language studies approach, particularly in North America. In the course of this book, first, a general outline of generative grammar is introduced. It follows by roots of the generative theory language, its prospects, and the challenges ahead. It then continues with an interview with Noam Chomsky done by the editors of the volume, raising critical issues about generative linguistics and the future of the theory. This article includes an overview of theoretical linguistics, emphasizing the evolution of generative grammar. Next, the structure and content of the book are examined, followed by an evaluation of the appearance and content. At the end of the article, the overall view on this book is concluded.
Arabic Language and Literature
Zahra Khosravi
Volume 17, Issue 1 , March 2017, , Pages 97-114
Abstract
The present article reviews and criticizes the Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's book and his modern perspectives on literary criticism, translated by Maryam Mosharraf. Having the subject comparative linguistics, the book addresses some views of Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī, a Muslim scholar of the fifth century ...
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The present article reviews and criticizes the Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī's book and his modern perspectives on literary criticism, translated by Maryam Mosharraf. Having the subject comparative linguistics, the book addresses some views of Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī, a Muslim scholar of the fifth century AH, and his linguistic perspectives are compared with the views of some contemporary Western linguists, such as Saussure, the leader of the Structuralism School, and Chomsky, the pioneer of the generative-transformational approach, and John Lyon. The present article first deals with the issue in the works of the great Muslim scholars, and then in the other part analyzes the translation of Abd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī 's book and his modern views on literary criticism. These contents fall into two parts: form and structure analysis and content analysis.
