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Birth
Avram Noam Chomsky born on December 7th 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Hired to teach at MIT
First hired to teach at MIT, is required to work on a machine translation tool that he does not believe will be successful.
McGilvray, James A. “Noam Chomsky.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 3 Dec. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky. -
Writes Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Research into the rules and grammatical structure of language.
Chomsky, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. 1st pbk ed., M.I.T. Press, 1970. -
Language and Mind
In his book Language and Mind, Chomsky refers to philosophers and linguists as being “similar in so many respects that it would be folly, I believe, to insist on a sharp separation of these disciplines…” (Chomsky 143).
Chomsky, Noam. Language and Mind, Cambridge University Press, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=244085. -
Chomsky speaks at a French College
Lengthy video where Chomsky speaks of earlier scientists and how scientific thoughts have changed over the years due to the processes of the scientists of the past. Including Newton, Descartes.
[Link text]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86RY40TvRgE -
Chomsky Speaks about Language Philosophy
Philosophies about linguists ideas on language and its evolution. [Link text]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEmpRtj34xg