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Birth
Avram Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chomsky's parents were both Hebrew scholars. -
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Birth - present
Noam Chomsky is an American theoretical linguist, cognitive scientist and philosopher. He changed the study of language with his theory that language is a uniquely human, biologically based cognitive capacity.
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First paper
At the age of 10, Chomsky wrote his first paper on the spread of fascism following the Spanish Civil War.
He continues to be active in politics today.
"He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and laureate professor at the University of Arizona and is the author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism." -
University of Pennsylvania
Chomsky began his university education -
Continued education
bachelor’s degree in linguistics -
master’s degree
Continuing his education in linguistics he earned his masters degree at the university of Pennsylvania -
Doctorate
Earned his doctorate in linguistics -
“Syntactic Structures”
Chomsky rejected that belief of language that was purposed by behaviorist that humans are born with a blank mind and learn language by mimicking and argued that human beings were in fact born with the innate ability to realize the generative grammars that constitute every human language. Children make use of this innate ability to learn the languages that they are exposed to.
He published this belief in his now famous work "synactic Structures" -
“Aspects of the Theory of Syntax”
established his linguistic theory with the publishing of this work. -
“The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory”
Continued establishment of his linguistic theory that would be supported by later works in cognitive sciences. -
Literary and Historical Society
He earned an honorary fellowship into the society. -
Uppsala University
Received an honorary doctor's degree -
President’s Medal
He received the President’s Medal from the Literary and Debating Society of the National University of Ireland, Galway -
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IAPTI
Chomsky has been serving as an honorary member of The International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI) -