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Birth
Noam was born in Philadelphia. -
University of Pennsylvania
Noam began attending university at 16 years of age. -
Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew
Noam finished his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. His thesis was published. -
Transformational Analysis
Noam was awarded a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania for his theory of transformational grammar. Chomsky's work contradicted earlier tenants of structuralism, rejecting that every language is unique (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009). -
Synctactic Structures
An opposition to the dominant theories at the time that "revolutionized the scientific study of language" (Lyons, 1978). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsMbQvVQAqQ -
Review of Verbal Behavior
Chomsky challenged B.F. Skinner's "Verbal Behavior" primarily for the explanation of language development (Chomsky, 1959), but had the broader affect of challenging the entire field of Behaviorism. This review marked a paradigm shift form Behaviorism to Cognitivism in Linguistics and Psychology (Khullar, 2014). -
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Language is an innate component of the human mind (Chomsky, 1965). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cgpfw4z8cw -
The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory
Based off Chomsky's 1955 Doctoral dissertation. Complete theory of linguistic structure. Concepts and technical notions were introduced in this text that became central to linguistic theorizing (Lohndal & Howard, 2017). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fW_8bDGdX0