Views on structuralism and its relationship to the criticism of the linguistic heritage

Abstract

The research is based on presenting a reading of modern linguistic thought among the pioneers of the London School, which was founded by the English linguist Firth. And of those who studied directly by Firth: Ibrahim Anis, Tammam Hassan, Abdul Rahman Ayoub, Kamal Bishr, and Mahmoud al-Saaran. The generation of pioneers was distinguished by the fact that it was from the children of one linguistic school, it is the London School. Most of them majored in linguistics or one of its branches at the University of London, after their return from the mission, they tackled linguistic teaching and research in Egyptian universities. Their attitudes in presenting linguistics to the Arab researcher differed clearly, we can summarize these trends in three clear currents that accompanied the introduction of modern linguistic theory, namely: Structuralism and criticism of the Arabic linguistic heritage, structural analysis of the language, and the application of modern linguistic theory to the Arabic language. In the following, we will present structuralism and criticism of the Arabic linguistic heritage.