Chomsky & Sibawaihi - What Connections?

THE BOOK

THIS BOOK IS A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHOMSKY'S TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE GRAMMAR THAT OWED HIM ALL HIS FAME AND PRESTIGE IN THE 60S AND 8th CENTURY SIBAWAIHIS ARABIC ALKITAB. THE TWO SEEM STRANGELY SIMILAR IN MANY RESPECTS. THIS BOOK RAISES THE QUESTION: IS IT A NATURAL CHRONOLOGICAL "DEVELOPMENT", "PLAGIARISM" OR SIMPLY "ACCIDENT"?

THE AUTHOR

THE AUTHOR HOLDS A BA IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, MA IN FRENCH LINGUISTICS AND A PHD IN ARABIC LINGUISTICS. HE HAS HAS GIVEN TALKS AND LECTURES IN MANY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES. HE SPENT ONE YEAR AS A VISITING SCHOLAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASGHINGTON.