التطورات النظرية و المنهجية للنظرية التوليدية في نصف قرن

Abstract EN

This research aims to present a general idea about the theoretical and methodological developments during the last half century with reference to the Generative School of Thought, first theorized by Chomsky 1957.

These developments may be summarized in three stages: 1) The Syntactic Structures Theory; 2) Standard & Extended Standard Theory and the most important; 3) The Government and Binding Theory (Principles and Parameters), which includes the subsidiary theories: X-bar Theory, Ө- Theory (Theta Theory) and Bounding Theory.

In addition to the Minimalist Theory, the Generative Theory is considered among the most important of modern developments in the field of Linguistics.

This research summarizes the important features of development in the Generative Theory in all of its stages, and applies some examples from the Arabic language.

The research calls for caution in the application of this theory to Arabic for two reasons: First, this theory is still in the stage of development and; secondly, little has been written or translated into Arabic about this theory, therefore limiting its application.

The researcher calls for further research into this theory in order to enrich knowledge about the Arabic language.