The General Objective:
By the end of this course, the student will be able to identify (1) the different 20th century linguistic approaches to language , diffrerentiate (2) between their main tenets/features, and demonstrate(2) their weaknesses.
Specific Objectives:
1. The student differentiates (2) between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics.
2. The student indicates (2) the features of European structuralism.
3. The student demonstrates(2) the aims and contributions of the leading figures of Americn structuralism.
4. The student states (1) the origines of Traditional Generative Grammar and indicates (2) the criticism of structuralism.
5. The student defines (1) and explains (2) the key concepts in Transformational Generative Grammar.
6. The student explains (2) the methodology used in Transformational Generative Grammar.
7. The student states (1) the recent development in TGG and demostrates (2) TGG criticism.