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Avram Noam Chomsky was born into a Jewish family of immigrants. He was a child of teachers of contemporary and religious studies. Chomsky was exposed to radical left politics and philosophy when he was young that helped charge his aspirations and goals. -
Chomsky attended the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 16. He completed his Bachelor of Arts as well as his Master of Arts degrees there, focusing on linguistics. -
Chomsky attended Harvard University for four year while working on his research that would later form his dissertation. His work in transformational grammar earned him a Doctor of Philosophy from his previous alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. He began lecturing at other esteemed universities such as Yale. -
Chomsky taught courses on linguistics and philosophy. He also worked on a mechanical translation project. Concurrently, he was employed at Columbia University. -
For approximately a year, Chomsky was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies. He later assisted on linguistic projects for the military, despite his political beliefs. -
Noam Chomsky published Syntactic Structures which contradicted the dominant theories in the field at the time. Several others followed over the years which solidified his role as an intellectual and field expert. -
Chomsky received tenure at MIT and went on to form the University's graduate program in linguistics. His academic career is still going strong today, teaching at many schools and lecturing nationwide. He retired from MIT in 2002 and currently teaches at the University of Arizona. His salary is paid for by donations. -
Chomsky, Noam. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. M.I.T. Pr, 1976.
Chomsky, Noam, and James McGilvray. Cartesian Linguistics a Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Chomsky, Noam. Syntactic Structures. Mouton, 1957. -