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Birth
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Begins attending University of Pennsylvania
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Earned B.A
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Earned M.A.
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Earned Ph.D. and appointed to MIT faculty
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Published First Book: Syntactic Structures
Chomsky upended traditional understanding of how people learn languages and theorized an innate capability to develop any language from childhood and called this "universal language" "Chomsky, Noam Avram." Gale Biographies: Popular People, edited by Gale Cengage Learning, 1st edition, 2020. Credo Reference, https://search-credoreference-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/content/entry/galegbpp/chomsky_noam_avram/0. Accessed 06 Nov. 2021. -
Starts Protesting Vietnam War
Dr. Chomsky vocalizes his distrust with the US Govt's role in Vietnam using his position at MIT as his platform. He connects with new like minded intellectuals. Goldsmith, John. “Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent.” Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, vol. 34, no. 2, 1998, pp. 173–80, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6696(199821)34:23.3.CO;2-8. -
Published "Current Issues in Linguistics Theory"
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Published "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax"
Dr. Chomsky revised his earlier linguistic model to be more succinct and incorporate recursion "into the phrase structure component itself, and removed from the transformational part of the theory" Stafforini, Pablo. “THE NOAM CHOMSKY WEBSITE.” Chomsky.Info, chomsky.info. Accessed 6 Nov. 2021. -
Published Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar AND Cartesian Linguistics
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American Policy critiques
He continued on for years in to present day critiquing America's capitalistic policies saying "... was always that American international aggression is rooted in the American industrial system, where capitalism, by its aggressive, dehumanizing, and dominating nature, spawns a corresponding militaristic policy." -
9/11 Attacks
Chomsky was critical of the US response to the Sept 11th attacks saying that the military industrial complex wand ensuing invasion we're nothing more than a continuation and capitalization of the US foreign policy. Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-269-0 – via Internet Archive. -
Retired from MIT
"Chomsky speaking in support of the Occupy movement in 2011" Description chomsky-1893
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Teaching Politics at Arizona State University
Dr. Chomsky teaches part-time at Arizona Statue University. Chomsky also teaches graduate seminars in Linguistics. Harwood, Lori. “Noam Chomsky to Teach Politics Course In Spring.” University of Arizona News, The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona, 24 Jan. 2017, news.arizona.edu/story/noam-chomsky-teach-politics-course-spring. -
