التحليل الفنولوجي وفق منظور مدرسة براغ صفحة في تاريخ علم اللغة

Abstract EN

History of linguistics deals with language trends and phenomena as have been treated or proposed by linguists and scholars during different stages.

This type of historical investigation broadens our understanding of the ideas which have been proposed by pioneers in linguistic studies.

Additionally, we will be in a better position to appreciate developments in linguistics thought.

Within this perspective the author talks about the role of Prague School in establishing phonology as a separate field of investigation.

Many ideas which prevailed later on in phonological studies such as the structure of the word, the role of the phoneme within the notion of opposition, determining the syllabic structure and the function of tone can be traced back to what have been proposed by Trubtezkoy in his original work “Principles of Phonology” which was published posthumously in 1939.

Critics think that Trubetzkoy has taken the basic step, through this influential work, in establishing phonology as a separate discipline of the study of the function of sound units and other suprasegmentals in language.

The paper also talks about the role of Roman Jakobson in developing the concept of distinctive features which was adopted later on within the framework of generative phonology.