Noam Chomsky (December 7, 1928-present)

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    Noam Chomsky is an American theoretical linguist. He postulated that language is a uniquely human, biologically based, cognitive capacity. Beginning in the 1950's, his work forever changed the field of linguistics. Because of Chomsky, the world was witness to the Cognitive Revolution. McGilvray, James  A. “Noam Chomsky.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 3 Dec. 2023, www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky.