Susilawati Latif (F022212001)

The main idea Theory of Linguistics

 According to Hagage (1976), American structuralists, whose roots are in the Boas

tradition which prioritized the description indigenous languages, and European scholars

alike have united to condemn what many have implied is at best poor Linguistics, at worst

a reflection of American chauvinism and arrogance.

 There are more non-English speakers have adopted transformational generative grammar,

the percentage of work involving English has steadily declined, and by now

transformational studies have appeared on literally hundreds of languages.

 Chomsky said that Many of the earliest transformationalists, such as Emmon Bach,

Carlota Smith, Charles Fillmore, and Kenneth Hale were students or recent Ph.D.s who

adopted the new theory despite the indifference or open hostility of their teachers.

 In 1960, Students began political assumptions of their upbringing which they felt were

rationalizing an imperialist foreign policy and oppressive domestic policy by the

American government, they began to question the “common sense” pseudoscientific

assumptions of empiricism in linguistics.

 So, the Everyone was encouraged to test the theory on a new language, to explore

linguistic areas not yet treated, and to experiment with different kinds of formal devices—

always with the freedom to modify or reject the then standing theory of linguistics theory.