American linguistics

THE BOOK Usually, American Linguistics is linked to the name of Noam Chomsky, ever since the publication of his book Syntactic Structures (1957). In fact, one can trace the evolution of this rich discipline from its birth, with Whitney's Sanskrit Grammar (1879). Besides Chomsky, it is worth mentioning other less famous, but no less important American linguists and philosophers, such as Bloomfield, Sapir, Whorf, and more recently Labov, Pike, Montague, and Greenberg.

THE AUTHOR Dr. El Mouatamid Ben Rochd was born in Fez (Morocco). He graduated from Fez University in 1978, obtained his Masters in French linguistics from York University in 1982 and his PhD in theoretical linguistics and the structure of Arabic from the National University of Ireland in 1990. He spent one year as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington. He has written numerous books and articles published at home and aboard.