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Early life
Noam Chomsky was born December 7th, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Elise and William Chomsky. Noam Chomsky was alive during America's Great Depression, and it was stated that "although his family was middle class, he witnessed injustices all around him." Noam Chomsky mother Elsie, was an active member in the radical politics of the 1930s. William his father, happened to be a respected professor of Hebrew at a university named Gratz college. References on "Reference Slide" -
Education
Noam Chomsky at just ten years old wrote "an editorial on the rise of fascism in Europe after the Spanish Civial war for his school newspaper." Interestingly enough, that story was researched enough to have been the basis for a later essay that he would present at NYU (New York University). “Noam Chomsky Biography (1928-) .” The Biography.com Website, A&E Television Networks , 1 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/scholar/noam-chomsky. -
Education Continued
Noam Chomsky spent his undergraduate and graduate years studying at the University of Pennsylvania, it was there that he received his PhD in linguistics in 1955. While Noam Chomsky was a Junior Fellow at Harvard university he completed his doctoral dissertation. “Noam Chomsky Biography (1928-) .” The Biography.com Website, A&E Television Networks , 1 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/scholar/noam-chomsky. -
Linguistic Revolutions
Noam Chomsky believed that the basics concepts of language happen to be "Innate in every human's mind and then only influenced by one's syntactical environment." Noam Chomsky published one of his most famous works, "Syntactic Structures" in 1957. Psychologist B.F. Skinner believed that newborn babies were born with a "blank mind" and children picked up language by learning and mimicry. “Home.” Famous Scientist, www.famousscientist.org/noam-chomsky/. -
Transformational Analysis
From the years 1951-1955, Noam Chomsky was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows. While a Junior Fellow, Noam Chomsky completed his doctor dissertation named "Transformational Analysis." The "major theoretical viewpoints of the dissertation appeared in the monograph "Syntactic Structure", which was published in 1957. This happened to have formed part of a more extensive piece of work entitled, "The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory" and was published in 1975. -
Linguistic Revolutions Continued
Noam Chomsky had a different belief than that of B.F. Skinner. Noam Chomsky believed and argued that, "human beings were born with the ability to realize the generative grammars that constitute every human language." He also explained that children were able to make use of this ability and were able to learn the languages that they were exposed too. “Home.” Famous Scientists, www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky/. -
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Contributions and Achievements
In 1965 Noam Chomsky established his linguistic theory with "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax". In 1975 he also established "The logical Structure of Linguistic Theory." Later on works in cognitive science helped to have supported his claims. The influence that Noam Chomsky had on linguistics is said to be similar to that of Charles Darwin. “Home.” Famous Scientists, www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky/. -
Publishings
Over the course of 1964-1986, Noam Chomsky had written many well known articles which include but are not limited too, "Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (1964)"," Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965)", and "Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar (1972)", and " Knowledge of Language (1986)" As you can see he was a very intellectual philosopher with plenty of work to support his many theories. References on (Reference Slide). -
The Concept of Language
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References for Slides 1,2,3,6 & 7
Early Life, Education, Education Continued, Publishing, TIMELINES: “Noam Chomsky Biography (1928-) .” The Biography.com Website, A&E Television Networks , 1 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/scholar/noam-chomsky. Transformational Analysis Slide: McGilvray, James A. “Noam Chomsky.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 12 Dec. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky. -
References for Slides: 4,5,& Contributions and Achievements.
Linguistic Revolution, Linguistic Revolutions Continued, Contributions and Achievements: “Home.” Famous Scientist, www.famousscientist.org/noam-chomsky/.
