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Chomsky Hierarchy Introduced
Noam Chomsky introduced a hugely beneficial concept toward the development of computer science and linguistics. The hierarchy is also occasionally named after Marcel-Paul Schutzenberger who was a major contributor to the end-product that Chomsky originally introduced.
Chomsky, Noam (1956). "Three models for the description of language" (PDF). IRE Transactions on Information Theory (2): 113–124. -
Universal Grammar
Noam Chomsky has almost become synonymous with the term "universal grammar". His introduction of the theory of genetic components to language faculty was a very large contribution to the field of philosophy of science. Sometimes also referred to as "mental grammar'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxWE3i7_vmQ
Noam Chomsky. "Tool Module: Chomsky's Universal Grammar". -
Creation of Minimalist Program
The Minimalist Program is a linguistic program that provides framework for the development of linguistic theory. It attempts to work at universal grammar from the ground up. The two biggest questions of this theory are: "What is Language?" and "Why does it have the properties it has?"
Chomsky, Noam. 1993. A minimalist program for linguistic theory. MIT occasional papers in linguistics no. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Distributed by MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. -
"Why Only Us" Written by Chomsky and Berwick
The minimalist program was defined in this recent addition to Chomsky's collection. Also introduced is a Strong Minimalist Thesis (SMT) which significantly shifts the emphasis from universal grammar to a new concept which is a set formation of yields from computational systems.
Tattersall, Ian (August 18, 2016). "At the Birth of Language". The New York Review of Books. Vol. LXIII no. 13. pp. 27–28, a review of Berwick, Robert C.; Chomsky, Noam. Why Only Us: Language and Evolution. MIT Press.
