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Born
in December 1928 in Pennsylvania -
Education
Attended university of Pennsylvania during his undergraduate and graduate. -
Syntactic Structures
while a visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chomsky’s monograph “Syntactic Structures” was published. Chomsky’s work rejected the idea of being born with a “blank state” which was a behaviorist theory. He said that there are traits in human brain that from birth are there to help us build our knowledge of language and grammar. He created what is known as the Chomsky hierarchy -
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Chomsky wrote the Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. in this he focuses on early theories of transformatioal generative grammar and how to reform them. -
Debate on innate nature
Chomsky debated with Foucault about there being an innate human nature and if it Is independent from experiences Chomsky argued that it is real -
The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory
Chomsky wrote The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory which addressed flaws and expanded on topics from his earlier work. -
The Propaganda Model
The propaganda model was proposition by Noam Chomskey and Edward S. Herman in Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and explains how populations opinions are manipulated and manufactured by media. -
minimalist program
Chomsky presents the idea of minimalist program which is a framework used to guide the linguist theory. The minimalist program includes economy and develops the bare phrase structure -
Retirement
Chomsky retired from MIT and continued to be vocal on his criticism of the war on terror. -
University of Arizona
is hired as a professor at the university of Arizona. -
References
Home. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky/ Retrieved from https://chomsky.info/noam-chomsky-ua/ -
Youtube Data base
https://www.youtube.com/user/chomskysphilosophy a YouTube channel which holds hundreds of videos on Chomsky