The Arabic language lesson in the light of the transformational generative theory

Abstract

This research deals with a reading in the origins and the basics of the theory of transformational generative grammar and its manifestations in ancient Arabic grammar, where it has been represented the main generative linguistic approaches in the two sides, and it focused on the main points between them, with a clear indication, of course, to the genius of the Arabic linguistic thought and its precedence in this domaine.

      The research has proved the existence of Chomskian basics in the Arabic grammar, especially in the writings of Aljarjani, Sibaueih, and Ibn Khaldun, with differences just at the level of the terms used.