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Chomsky becomes an assistant professor at MIT
Noam was granted the opportunity to teach a course on philosophy and linguistics while also spending half his time on a mechanical translation project. Noam was a man of "idiosyncratic interests" so being at MIT allowed Noam to be comfortable, open, and free. -
Chomsky develops transformational grammar
Transformational Grammar became the dominant syntactic theory in linguistics for a couple of decades. "Chomsky's theory posits that language consists of both deep structures and surface structures: Outward-facing surface structures relate phonetic rules into sound, while inward-facing deep structures relate words and conceptual meaning." -
Noam becomes a full professor
After publishing his review of B.F. Skinner's book Verbal Behavior, Chomsky found MIT's graduate program in linguistics. Once 1961 rolled around, Noam became a full professor at MIT in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics. -
Chomsky is noted as "One of the Makers of the 21st Century"
Noam is often to be referred to as the most quoted living author The London Times named Chomsky one of the makers of the 21st century. Being granted an award like this, shows how influential Chomsky was to the world of science and how his work had the substance to last decades. . -
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