The Philosophical Foundations of The Transformational Generative Theory in the Iraqi Theses and Dissertations – A Critical Study
Abstract
This paper seeks to trace the philosophical ideas of transformational generative theory discussed in Iraqi university research and recontextualize them into their philosophical origins. It also aims to critique the perception of those researchers in an attempt to address the fallacies and rectify the path towards a conscious understanding of the theory. This paper required that more than one approach be used. The historical approach is used to return the philosophical foundations to their origins. The descriptive approach is used to examine them in both Chomskys and Iraqi researchers works. Then, a comparison is made between the two. Finally, we provide a critical view of the nature of Iraqi researchers' perceptions of the foundations. The study concluded that there is a clear dearth of how Iraqi researchers perceive the philosophical foundations of the transformational generative theory. This led to issues and fallacies like separating the philosophical foundations from their contexts unaware of the original context or attributing them incorrectly, resulting in a knowledge gap in the overall perception of the theory.