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Avram Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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In 1945, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania. After two years, he pondered quitting school to pursue his political aspirations, possibly by relocating to a kibbutz. However, he altered his opinion after meeting Zellig S. Harris, a linguist and one of the American inventors of structural linguistics, who shared Chomsky's political beliefs. -
He got married to linguist Carol Schatz in 1949. They had a boy named Harry as well as two daughters named Aviva and Diane. -
He received his linguistics bachelor's degree in 1949, master's degree in 1951, and doctorate in 1955.
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When he published "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" in 1965, Chomsky developed his linguistic theory. Noam Chomsky (2023) Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky (Accessed: May 7, 2023). -
Chomsky contends in Language and Mind that a basic set of grammatical rules is shared by all human languages.
Chomsky, N. Language and mind. Noam Chomsky (1968). Available at: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/chomsky.htm (Accessed: May 7, 2023). -
The Literary and Historical Society awarded Noam Chomsky an honorary fellowship in 2005.
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Professor Noam Chomsky received the 2011 Sydney Peace Prize on November 3 at the University of Sydney's McLaurin Hall from 2008 winner Patrick Dodson.
2011 professor Noam Chomsky (2017) Sydney Peace Foundation. Available at: https://sydneypeacefoundation.org.au/peace-prize-recipients/2011-professor-noam-chomsky/ (Accessed: May 7, 2023). -
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He is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology institute professor emeritus and a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an author of over 150 books, including works on politics, linguistics, and war.