THE AUTHOREl Mouatamid Ben Rochd was born in Fez (Morocco) 15th Sep. 1950. He graduated from Fez University in 1978, obtained his MA in French Linguistics from York University in 1982,and obtained his PHD in Theoretical Linguistics and the Structure of Arabic from the National University of Ireland in 1990. He has published numerous books and articles, published at home and abroad. He is curerently teaching at CERSHO (Morocco)a course entitled Langues Vivantes et Linguistique Americaine.