Timeline: Noam Chomsky

Dec 7, 1928

Birth

1945

Begins attending University of Pennsylvania

1949

Earned B.A

1951

Earned M.A.

1955

Earned Ph.D. and appointed to MIT faculty

1957

Published First Book: Syntactic Structures

Chomsky upended traditional understanding of how people learn languages and theorized an innate capability to develop any language from childhood and called this "universal language" "Chomsky, Noam Avram." Gale Biographies: Popular People, edited by Gale Cengage Learning, 1st edition, 2020. Credo Reference, https://search-credoreference-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/content/entry/galegbpp/chomsky_noam_avram/0. Accessed 06 Nov. 2021.

1962

Starts Protesting Vietnam War

Dr. Chomsky vocalizes his distrust with the US Govt's role in Vietnam using his position at MIT as his platform. He connects with new like minded intellectuals. Goldsmith, John. “Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent.” Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, vol. 34, no. 2, 1998, pp. 173–80, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6696(199821)34:23.3.CO;2-8.

1964

Published "Current Issues in Linguistics Theory"

1965

Published "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax"

Dr. Chomsky revised his earlier linguistic model to be more succinct and incorporate recursion "into the phrase structure component itself, and removed from the transformational part of the theory" Stafforini, Pablo. “THE NOAM CHOMSKY WEBSITE.” Chomsky.Info, chomsky.info. Accessed 6 Nov. 2021.

1966

Published Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar AND Cartesian Linguistics

1980

American Policy critiques

He continued on for years in to present day critiquing America's capitalistic policies saying "... was always that American international aggression is rooted in the American industrial system, where capitalism, by its aggressive, dehumanizing, and dominating nature, spawns a corresponding militaristic policy."

Sep 11, 2001

9/11 Attacks

Chomsky was critical of the US response to the Sept 11th attacks saying that the military industrial complex wand ensuing invasion we're nothing more than a continuation and capitalization of the US foreign policy. Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-269-0 – via Internet Archive.

2011

Retired from MIT

"Chomsky speaking in support of the Occupy movement in 2011" Description chomsky-1893
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Jan 24, 2017

Teaching Politics at Arizona State University

Dr. Chomsky teaches part-time at Arizona Statue University. Chomsky also teaches graduate seminars in Linguistics. Harwood, Lori. “Noam Chomsky to Teach Politics Course In Spring.” University of Arizona News, The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona, 24 Jan. 2017, news.arizona.edu/story/noam-chomsky-teach-politics-course-spring.