Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.

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academicDegree PhD in linguistics
awardReceived Helmholtz Medal
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
Sydney Peace Prize
coAuthorWith Edward S. Herman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1928-12-07
describedAs founder of modern linguistics
prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy
doctoralAdvisor Zellig Harris
educatedAt University of Pennsylvania
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Arizona
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
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linguistics
media studies
philosophy of language
political science
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influenced cognitive science
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influencedBy Bertrand Russell
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Zellig Harris
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criticism of U.S. foreign policy
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critique of mainstream media
founding generative grammar
political activism
universal grammar
language English
movement anarcho-syndicalism
libertarian socialism
notableConcept deep structure
language acquisition device
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poverty of the stimulus
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notableWork American Power and the New Mandarins
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Cartesian Linguistics
Hegemony or Survival
Language and Mind
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
Syntactic Structures
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
linked to: Philadelphia
politicalIdeology anarchism
libertarian socialism
positionHeld Institute Professor at MIT
Professor of Linguistics
religion secular Judaism
residence United States
spouse Carol Doris Schatz
Valeria Wasserman
theoryDeveloped Chomsky hierarchy
generative grammar
principles and parameters theory

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