Noam Chomsky (born 1928), American linguist and philosopher, was responsible for the theory of transformational grammar. As a political commentator he was critical of American foreign and domestic policy. Noam Avram Chomsky was born in Philadelphia on...

Noam Avram Chomsky was born in Philadelphia on December 7, 1928. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his Ph.D. in linguistics in 1955. After that year, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was the...

Founder of modern linguistics, social critic, political activist, and prolific writer, Noam Chomsky is an intellectual giant of the twentieth century. Citation indexes for the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the "hard" sciences show that...

Noam Chomsky, language theoretician, philosopher, intellectual historian and social critic, is one of the most profound and influential thinkers of the modern period, and one of the few scientists whose works are widely read. After receiving a PhD in...

Chomsky, Noam(1928 s System of Ideas. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. Harman, G., ed. On Noam Chomsky. New York: Anchor Press, 1974. Kasher, A., ed. The Chomskyan Turn. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991. Sampson, G. Liberty and Language. Oxford: Oxford University...

1928- American Linguist and Philosopher Noam Chomsky has had a profound and lasting effect on the study of linguistics and language acquisition in this century. Prior to his work, the focus in linguistics (the study of human speech patterns) was based...

In the 1950s the formal study of languages—linguistics—was revolutionized almost single-handedly by Noam Chomsky, a linguist, M.I.T. professor, and political activist. Traditional linguistic theory has two major subdivisions: syntax and...

Chomsky has stated that his "personal visions are fairly traditional anarchist ones, with origins in The Enlightenment and classical liberalism"[29] and he has praised libertarian socialism.[30] He is a sympathizer of anarcho-syndicalism[31] and a...

Noam Chomsky is a great hero to young people on the Left. The student newspaper of the CUNY Graduate Center, the Advocate, is serializing an interview with him. The interviewer, Andrew Kennis, explains the series is being done in order to "give Chomsky...

There's a famous definition in the Gospels of the hypocrite, and the hypocrite is the person who refuses to apply to himself the standards he applies to others. By that standard, the entire commentary and discussion of the so-called War on Terror is...

These journalists are out of touch. They don't understand the seismic consequences of the Iraq war, which is slowly transforming our politics (beginning with the Congress). Journalists failed us in that war; Judy Miller disgraced the New York Times by carrying the water for Richard...

Washoe, a female chimpanzee said to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept.Washoe, who first learned a bit of American Sign Language in a research project in Nevada, had been living...

In the following excerpt, Searle provides an overview of Chomsky's theories about language and their impact and influence on the study of linguistics. While hailing the importance of Chomsky's insights into the structure of syntax, Searle finds inadequacies in the semantic component of his linguistic theory.

In the following interview, Chomsky discusses contemporary world affairs, including U.S.-Iraq tensions shortly before the Gulf War, and the negative influence of the American mass media as a force of institutional propaganda and political misrepresentation.

In the following review of The Chomsky Reader and The Culture of Terrorism, Morton provides an overview of Chomsky's controversial political writings and activities and his largely unfavorable critical reception.

Essay discusses various world issues through the views of Noam Chomsky.